< Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan

Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/buṭḳar-

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

Etymology

*buṭḳ(a)- (“inflorescence, leaf”) +‎ *-ar

Noun

*buṭḳ-ar-

  1. bee

Descendants
  • Old Georgian: ფუტკარი (puṭḳari)
    • Georgian: ფუტკარი (puṭḳari)
      • → Bats: ფუტკარ (puṭḳar)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: ბუტკუჯი (buťǩuci), პუტუჯი (p̌uťuci), პუტტუჯი (p̌uťťuci), პუტუჟი (p̌uťuji); ბუტუჯი (buťuci), ბუტტუჯი (buťťuci)
    • ⇒ Mingrelian: ბუტკუჯიში (buṭḳuǯiši, toponym)

References
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 22
  • 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, page 126
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 86–87
  • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 780
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