Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/ɣerʒ₁-

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

*ɣerʒ₁-

(anatomy) shinbone, shin, shank

Reconstruction notes

რ ~ ნ (r ~ n) alternation is very common in Zan languages, compare: Laz გუნძე (gunʒe, “long”), გინძე (ginʒe) against Mingrelian გირძე (girʒe), გინძე (ginʒe); Laz ფენწო (penc̣o, “snail”) against Mingrelian ფერწო (perc̣o).

Descendants

Old Georgian: *ღერძი (*ɣerʒi, “axle, shaft, kingpin, pivot”) (attested as ურმის-ღერძი (urmis-ɣerʒi))
- Georgian: ღერძი (ɣerʒi)
Zan:
- Laz: ღანჯი (ɣanǯi, “calf; leg”)

References

Čuxua, Merab (2009), “Damaṭebiti masalebi saertokartveluri puʒe-enis leksiḳuri pondisatvis [The Additional Materials for the Commonkartvelian Proto-language Lexical Fund]”, in Kartvelur enata sṭrukṭuris saḳitxebi (in Georgian), issue 10, Tbilisi: Universali, page 233