fournet.arnaud ta nugatu-r:
> For example
> Germanic *sajwa "sea, lake"
> Cf. Kartvelian zGva "sea, lake"
Out of curiosity, why do you compare a Proto-Germanic form with a *Modern*
Georgian form and not a Proto-Proto-Kartvelian(1) one? According to the Tower
of Babel, the Proto-Kartvelian root is *_zoGw-_:
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> Or
> German Igel "hedgehog"
> Cf. Kartvelian zGar
What happened to the initial [s]~[z] in German?
Mod. Georgian for 'hedgehog' is _zGarbi_. I've found another word
beginning with _zGar-_: _zGarthani_ 'bump, flop' but nothing else.
(1) Yes, twice "Proto-".
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