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

Alternative reconstructions

• *q̇ana- (Klimov)

Noun

*q̇an-

1. field
2. cornfield

Descendants

• 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

• 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