Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/nedl-

This Proto-Georgian-Zan entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *ledl-

Adjective

*nedl-

  1. damp, moist, fresh

Descendants

References

  • Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [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
  • Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) “*ledl-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 304, considers Svan ალერდ (alerd) as inherited; however the word is rather borrowed from unrelated Georgian ალერდი (alerdi)
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*ledl-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 266–267, same as above
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