Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/zapxul-

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Kartvelian *za- (year, season) + *px- (for the weather to be clear).

Noun

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*za-px-ul-

  1. summer

Descendants

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  • Old Georgian: ზაფხული (zapxuli)
    • Georgian: ზაფხული (zapxuli)

References

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  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 55; 209
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 166; 450