Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/xaz-

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.

This Proto-Georgian-Zan entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Georgian-Zan

Etymology

Compare Hittite [script needed] (ḫazziye/a-, “to pierce, to prick, to stab, to hit (a target), to engrave (a tablet)”);^[1]^[2] Proto-Semitic *ḫaṭṭ- (“an act of digging or carving out”) whence Arabic خَطّ (ḵaṭṭ); Lezgi хаз (χaz),^[3] the imperfective converb of хун (χun, “to break”).

Root

*xaz-

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Descendants

Old Georgian: *ხაზი (*xazi) (attested as მოხაზულება (moxazuleba))
- Georgian: ხაზი (xazi), ⇒ ხაზვა (xazva) (see there for further descendants)
  - → Middle Armenian: խազ (xaz) (see there for further descendants)
Zan:
- Mingrelian: ღოზი (ɣozi), ⇒ ღოზუა (ɣozua)

References

^ Martirosean, Nšan (1929) “Hay lezui hnagoyn patmutʻean masin [On the older history of the Armenian language]”, in Handes Amsorya‎^[1] (in Armenian), volume 43, numbers 8–9, Vienna, column 537 of 532–545 = Martirosyan, Nšan (1972) “Npast mə hetʻ ew hay baṙakʻnnutʻyan [Hittite–Armenian Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎^[2] (in Armenian), number 2, pages 174–175, derives ხაზვა (xazva) and խազել (xazel) from Hittite. The comparison is rejected by Puhvel, Jaan (1991) Hittite Etymological Dictionary (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 5), volume III, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 254–255
^ Kapancjan, G. A. (1931–1933) Chetto-Armeniaca (in Russian), Yerevan: State Press, page 86, likewise rejected by Puhvel
^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խազ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 310b

[1] Martirosean, Nšan (1929) “Hay lezui hnagoyn patmutʻean masin [On the older history of the Armenian language]”, in Handes Amsorya‎^[1] (in Armenian), volume 43, numbers 8–9, Vienna, column 537 of 532–545 = Martirosyan, Nšan (1972) “Npast mə hetʻ ew hay baṙakʻnnutʻyan [Hittite–Armenian Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎^[2] (in Armenian), number 2, pages 174–175, derives ხაზვა (xazva) and խազել (xazel) from Hittite. The comparison is rejected by Puhvel, Jaan (1991) Hittite Etymological Dictionary (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 5), volume III, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 254–255

[2] Kapancjan, G. A. (1931–1933) Chetto-Armeniaca (in Russian), Yerevan: State Press, page 86, likewise rejected by Puhvel

[3] Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խազ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 310b

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