Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/glaǯ-

*glaǯ- : *gleǯ- : *gliǯ- : *glǯ-

1. to tear, shred, break, hack

In Zan and Svan the expected *ჯგ ← *ჯ (*cg ← *c) consonant cluster didn't develop due to dissimilation. For more examples of this, compare *ḳrč̣-, *ḳreč̣-, *ḳuč̣-, *mč̣ax-, *mǯuɣ-, *ṭq̇laš-, *keš-, *ɣeč̣-, *ɣoč̣-, *ɣreǯ-, *ɣrǯ-, *čeḳ-, *čig-, *č̣iḳ-, *ǯex-, *ǯɣlem-.

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • ⇒ Old Georgian: გლეჯა (gleǯa)
  • Zan:
    • ⇒ Laz: ოგლიჯუ (oglicu, “tearing, shredding”), ოგურჯოლუ (ogurcolu, “grinding (of teeth)”)
    • ⇒ Mingrelian: გურჯონუა (gurǯonua), გირჯონუა (girǯonua)
• ⇒ Svan: გჷლა̈ჯ (gəläǯ)

• *gal-

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• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 784

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