Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/zrkel-

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

Etymology

*zrk- (“to be thick, clumsy”) +‎ *-el

Adjective

*zrk-el-

thick, clumsy

Descendants

Old Georgian: ზრქელი (zrkeli, “thick, stout”), სქელი (skeli)
- Georgian: სქელი (skeli)
  - → Mingrelian: სქელი (skeli)
  - → Svan: სგელ (sgel), სკელ (sḳel)
Zan:
- Mingrelian: ზირქალი (zirkali, “clumsy”)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 61
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 178