Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/msxal-

Etymology
Starostin connects the Kartvelian root with controversial and  and derives the latter from 🇨🇬.

Kroonen (2016) compares it more specifically with the that he reconstructs as the ancestor of,  and ; he further notes that only a single metathesis is required to derive the Indo-European form from that in Kartvelian.

Fenwick (2016) proposes rather a deformation from Early PK *sxmal- (compare *sxmar- in ), by folk reanalysis as an active participle *m-sx-al- of ; she further treats Early PK *sxmal- as a loan from Late, supposing the latter itself to be a metathesised variant of a more archaic.

Root

 * 1) pear fruit

Descendants

 * Zan:
 * Zan:
 * Zan: