Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/ʒ₁enʒ₁-

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

Noun

*ʒ₁enʒ₁-

1. tow (bundle of fibers), oakum

Descendants

• Georgian: ძენძი (ʒenʒi), ძენძო (ʒenʒo)
• Zan:
  • Mingrelian: ჯანჯი (ǯanǯi), ⇒ ჯანჯუა (ǯanǯua, “to scutch (flax)”)

Related terms

• *ʒenʒ- (“to scutch (flax)”)

References

• Čuxua, Merab (2018) “Axali masalebi kartuli enis isṭoriul-eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis [New Materials for the Georgian Historical-Etymological Dictionary]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XV, Tbilisi, page 105 of 79–113

Further reading

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 279–280
• Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 613
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 593