Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/brʒ₁-

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/brʒ₁-

This Proto-Kartvelian 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-Kartvelian

Root

*brʒ₁-

to battle, struggle, wrestle, butt

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Old Georgian: ბრძ-ოლ-ა-ჲ (brʒ-ol-a-y)
  - Georgian: ბრძოლა (brʒola)
  - Georgian: ი-ბრძ-ვ-ი-ს (i-brʒ-v-i-s)
- Zan:
  - Mingrelian: ბურჯ-აფ-ი (burǯ-ap-i), ი-ბურჯ-ან-ს (i-burǯ-an-s)
Svan: ლი-ბურჯ-იე̄ლ (li-burǯ-iēl), ხ-ე-ბურჯ-იე̄ლ (x-e-burǯ-iēl)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 18
Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, pages 72–73
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 79