Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/pšal-

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

Noun

*pšal-

hop (Humulus lupulus spp.)

Descendants

Georgian: ფშალა (pšala), ფშალო (pšalo), ფშალე (pšale), მშრალა (mšrala)
- → Laz: ფშალი (pšali)
- → Mingrelian: ფშალე (pšale), ფშალა (pšala), ფშალო (pšalo)
- → Svan: ფშალაჲ (pšalay, “sprout; hop”)
Zan:
- Laz: ფშქველა (pškvela, “young alder”)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 209
Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 479
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 449