Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/zoɣwa-

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

*zoɣw-a-

sea

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Old Georgian: ზღუაჲ (zɣuay)
  - Georgian: ზღვა (zɣva)
    - → Bats: ზღვა (zɣva)
    - → Laz: ზღვა (zğva)
    - → Mingrelian: ზღვა (zɣva)
- Zan:
  - Laz: ზუღა (zuğa), მზუღა (mzuğa); მზოღა (mzoğa)
  - ⇒ Mingrelian: ზორღათი (zorɣati, hydronym)
Svan: ზუღუ̂ა (zuɣûa), ძუღუ̂ა (ʒuɣûa)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*zɣwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 62
Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) “*zoɣw-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, pages 217–218
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*zoɣw-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 177–178
Čuxua, Merab (2013) “Lazuri zoɣa „zɣva“ puʒis megruli eḳvivalenṭisatvis”, in Arnold čikobavas saḳitxavebi (in Georgian), volume XXIV, Tbilisi, page 74 of 74–76

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