Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/nedl-

This Proto-Georgian-Zan entry contains reconstructed words 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

Adjective

*nedl-

damp, moist, fresh

Reconstruction notes

Based on Svan ალერდ (alerd), Fähnrich reconstructs Proto-Kartvelian *ledl-. The Svan word however is borrowed from Georgian ალერდი (alerdi).[1][2][3]

Descendants

Old Georgian: ნედლი (nedli)
- Georgian: ნედლი (nedli)
Zan:
- Laz: ლადრე (ladre), ლარდე (larde)
- Mingrelian: ლადირი (ladiri), ლადჷრი (ladəri), ჲადირი (yadiri)

References

Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716), “ალერდი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [The Wisp of Georgian Words That Beeth a Dictionary], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 23a
Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ალერდი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi
Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1974), “ალერდი”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words] (in Georgian), volume I, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 29b

Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳon [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, page 245
Klimov, G. A. (1998), “*nedl-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 140
Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000), “*ledl-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 304
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007), “*ledl-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 266–267

[1] Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716), “ალერდი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [The Wisp of Georgian Words That Beeth a Dictionary], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 23a

[2] Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ალერდი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi

[3] Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1974), “ალერდი”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words] (in Georgian), volume I, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 29b