Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/gwel-

*gwel-

1. snake

The relation of Svan უ̂იჯ (ûiǯ) to this root is uncertain. If it's related then a Proto-Kartvelian source is reconstructible instead.

• Old Georgian: გუელი (gueli)
  • Georgian: გველი (gveli), გო̈ლ (göl)
• Zan:
  • Laz: ყვერი (qveri, “slowworm”), კვერი (ǩveri), კვეი (ǩvei), კვეჲი (ǩveyi); მტვერი (mťveri); მკვერი (mǩveri), მკვეი (mǩvei), მკვეჲი (mǩveyi); ყვეი (qvei), ყვეჲი (qveyi); მგვერი (mgveri)
  • Mingrelian: გვერი (gveri), გუერი (gueri), ნგვერი (ngveri)

• Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, pages 142–143
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 105

• Topuria, Varlam (1926) “Poneṭiḳuri daḳvirvebani kartvelur enebši I [Phonetic observations in Kartvelian languages I]”, in Mimomxilveli (in Georgian), Tiflis, page 203 of 198–219
• Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, pages 129–130
• Schmidt, Karl Horst (1962) Studien zur Rekonstruktion des Lautstandes der südkaukasischen Grundsprache (Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes; XXXIV, 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Kommissionsverlag Franz Steiner GmbH, page 101
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 29, reconstructs Proto-Kartvelian, connecting it with Svan უ̂იჯ (ûiǯ)