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Where does “ʒ₁w-el-” come from?

ʒ₁w-el- (Proto-Georgian-Zan) comes from Proto-Kartvelian ʒ₁w- — to be old.

Ancestry of “ʒ₁w-el-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kartvelianʒ₁w-to be old

Words derived from “ʒ₁w-el-”

  • ძველი
  • ძუელი
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