Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/berṭq̇-

Proto-Kartvelian

Root

*berṭq̇-

  1. to beat out; shake

Descendants

  • Proto-Georgian-Zan:
    • Georgian: ბერტყ-ვ-ა (berṭq̇-v-a), ბერტყ-ავ-ს (berṭq̇-av-s)
    • Zan:
      • Laz: ო-ვრატკ-უ (o-vraťǩ-u), გო-ვრატკ-უ (go-vraťǩ-u), ვრატკ-ერ-ი (vraťǩ-er-i)
      • Mingrelian: ბარტყ-უ-ა (barṭq̇-u-a), დო-ბარტყ-უ (do-barṭq̇-u), ბარტყ-ირ-ი (barṭq̇-ir-i)
  • Svan: ლი-პტყ-ჷნ-ე (li-ṗṭq̇-ən-e)

References

  • Klimov, G. A. (1998), Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 12
  • Aleksiva, Irpan Čaɣatai (2025), “Lazuri c̣vlili ṗroṭo-samxretḳavḳasiuri enis leksiḳaši [Contributions of Laz to the Vocabulary of the Proto-South Caucasian Language]”, in Kartvelur enata sṭrukṭuris saḳitxebi (in Georgian), volume XVII, Tbilisi, page 155 of 152–190