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Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/gz-
Proto-Kartvelian
Root
*gz-
- to go
Reconstruction notes
On the basis of Georgian გეზი (gezi), sometimes one (Melikišvili, Čuxua) reconstructs Proto-Kartvelian *gez-.
Descendants
- ⇒ Svan: ლი̄ზი (līzi, “go away”), ლა̄ზი (lāzi, “going away”), მე̄ზი (mēzi, “going”), ნა̄ზ (nāz, “gone”), ნა̄ზუ̂ (nāzû, “trace, track”)
Derived terms
- ⇒ Proto-Georgian-Zan: *gza- (“road, path, way”)
- Old Georgian: გზაჲ (gzay)
- Georgian: გზა (gza)
- Zan:
- Laz: გზა (gza)
- Mingrelian: ზა (za)
- ⇒ Proto-Georgian-Zan: *lʿa-gz-al- (“victual, provision”, literally “(victual) for the road”)
- Old Georgian: საგზალი (sagzali)
- Zan:
- Mingrelian: ორზოლი (orzoli) (← *ოგზოლი (*ogzoli))
- Old Georgian: გზაჲ (gzay)
References
- Klimov, G. A. (1998), “*gza-, *(s)a-gz-al-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 30, 173–174
- 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, pages 144–145
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 106–107
- Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, pages 104–105
Further reading
- Rogava, Giorgi (1949), “Kartvelur enata bgeratšesaṭq̇visobidan – megr. r : kart. g [From sound correspondences in Kartvelian languages – Mingrelian r : Georgian g]”, in Sakartvelos ssr mecnierebata aḳademiis moambe (in Georgian), volume X, issue VIII, Tbilisi, pages 503–507