Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/biz-

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

*biz-

1. to become satiated; to swell up

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • ⇒ Georgian: გა-ბიზ-ინ-ებ-ა (ga-biz-in-eb-a) — Adjara, Lechkhumi, Imereti
  • Zan:
    • ⇒ Mingrelian: გო-ბიზ-ინ-აფ-ა (go-biz-in-ap-a), ბიზ-ინ-ი (biz-in-i), ბიზ-ა (biz-a)
• ⇒ Svan: ხ-ე-ბზ-ი (x-e-bz-i), ეს-ბიზ-ი (es-biz-i)

References

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “გობიზინაფა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 274, links Georgian and Mingrelian
• Šerozia, Revaz (2020) “Svanuri da megrul–lazuri meṭq̇velebebis saerto ʒir-puʒeta saḳitxisatvis [On the issue of common roots and stems of Svan and Megrelian–Laz]”, in Kartveluri memḳvidreoba (in Georgian), volume XXIV, Kutaisi, page 268 of 266–268, links Mingrelian and Svan