Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ʒor-

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

Noun

*ʒor-

1. carrion, corpse, meat

Reconstruction note

Fähnrich's reconstruction doesn't take into account the Zan words which are most likely related.

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: მძორი (mʒori, “carrion, corpse”)
    • Georgian: მძორი (mʒori), მძოვრი (mʒovri)
      • → Mingrelian: ნძორი (nʒori)
  • Zan:
    • >? Laz: ნძელი (nżeli, “tender meat”)
    • >? Mingrelian: ძელი (ʒeli, “white meat, tender meat”), ნძელი (nʒeli)
• Svan: ძუ̂ერ (ʒûer, “tender meat, carrion, carcass”), ძერ (ʒer), ძორ (ʒor)

References

• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 597