Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/banʒ-

This Proto-Kartvelian 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-Kartvelian

Noun

*banʒ-

  1. thick hair

Descendants

  • ⇒ Proto-Georgian-Zan: *banʒal-
    • Zan:
      • ⇒ Laz: ბონძოლა (bonżola)
      • Mingrelian: ბოძორი (boʒori), ბონძორი (bonʒori), ბოძოძი (boʒoʒi)
        • →⇒ Georgian: ბონძვერა (bonʒvera, “shaggy, unclean dog”) — Guria
  • ⇒ Svan: ბანძა̈ჲ (banʒäy), ბანძა̈რ (banʒär), ბანძა̈ (banʒä), ბანძაჲ (banʒay)

References

  • Ḳelauraʒe, Levan (2014) “Damaṭebani kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis - II [Addenda to Etymological Dictionary of Kartvelian Languages - II]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XI, Tbilisi: Dedaena, page 18 of 17–37
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