Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/q̇an-

This Proto-Georgian-Zan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Georgian-Zan edit

Alternative reconstructions edit

*q̇ana- (Klimov)

Noun edit

*q̇an-

Descendants edit

Old Georgian: ყანაჲ (q̇anay)
- Georgian: ყანა (q̇ana)
Zan:
- Laz: ონა (ona), ყონა (qona)
- Mingrelian: ჸვანა (ʾvana), ჸონა (ʾona); ჸუ̂ანა (ʾûana)
→? Ancient Greek: γάνα (gána, “land, earth”) (in Hesychius)

References edit

Gamkrelidze, Th. V., Ivanov, V. V. (1995) Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans. A Reconstruction and Historical Analysis of a Proto-Language and Proto-Culture. Part I: The Text (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 80), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 800
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 507
Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 237