Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/sur-

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

Noun

*sur-

  1. ivy (Hedera spp.)

Descendants

  • Georgian: სურო (suro)
    • → Mingrelian: ცურუ (curu), სურუ (suru), სვირო (sviro)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: მსუჯი (msuci), ფსუჯი (psuci), სუჯი (suci)
    • ⇒ Mingrelian: სუჯუნა (suǯuna, toponym)
    • → Svan: სუჯ (suǯ), სუ̂იჯ (sûiǯ)

References

  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 169
  • Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 408–409
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 372
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