Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/egr-

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

Root

*egr-

referred to Western Kartvelian tribes, namely Mingrelians

Reconstruction notes

In Svan there's no trace of this root, instead Svans refer to Mingrelians as მჷ-ზა̈ნ (mə-zän) which is similar to Ancient Greek Τζάννοι (Tzánnoi), a people of Colchis.

Descendants

⇒ Old Georgian: ეგრისი (egrisi, “Egrisi”), ეგრი (egri)

Derived terms

⇒ Proto-Georgian-Zan: *m-egr-el- (“Mingrelian”)
- Old Georgian: მეგრელი (megreli)
  - Georgian: მეგრელი (megreli)
    - → Laz: მეგრელი (megreli)
- Zan:
  - Mingrelian: მარგალი (margali)
    - → Laz: მარგალი (margali)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 45, 118–119
Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 185
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 145–146

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