Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/ǯinč̣wel-

Etymology
Note that 🇨🇬 is much closer to the protoform than Modern 🇨🇬, which is modelled after and appears to be contaminated by it. However, the original root *ǯinč̣wel- is partially preserved in some dialectal words, such as (in Gurian dialect) and.

The Mingrelian forms seem to continue the protoform *ǯič̣ḳ-, which is similar to the original root, but appears to be reduplicated and subsequently augmented with the diminutive suffix.

Finally, in Laz *ǯ > d in initial position. The substitution of for  is also attested.

Noun

 * 1) ant

Descendants

 * Zan
 * Zan
 * Zan