Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/buṭḳa-

This Proto-Georgian-Zan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Georgian-Zan

Noun

*buṭḳ(a)-

  1. inflorescence
  2. leaf

Derived terms

  • Proto-Georgian-Zan: *buṭḳ-ar- (bee)
    • Old Georgian: ფუტკარი (puṭḳari)
      • Georgian: ფუტკარი (puṭḳari)
        • Bats: ფუტკარ (puṭḳar)
    • Zan:
      • Laz: ბუტკუჯი (buťǩuci), პუტუჯი (p̌uťuci), პუტტუჯი (p̌uťťuci), პუტუჟი (p̌uťuji)Atina, Artasheni, ბუტუჯი (buťuci), ბუტტუჯი (buťťuci)Artasheni
      • Mingrelian: ბუტკუჯიში (buṭḳuǯiši, toponym)

Descendants

References

  • Klimov, G. A. (1998), Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 21–22
  • Fähnrich, Heinz; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000), Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 126
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007), Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 86–87