Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/daq-

This Proto-Kartvelian 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-Kartvelian

Alternative reconstructions

• *tqa- (Klimov)

Noun

*daq- (Fähnrich–Sarǯvelaʒe)

1. goat

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: თხაჲ (txay)
    • Georgian: თხა (txa)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: თხა (txa), მთხა (mtxa)
    • Mingrelian: თხა (txa)
• ⇒ Svan: დაჴჷლ (daqəl)

References

• Topuria, Varlam (1926) “Poneṭiḳuri daḳvirvebani kartvelur enebši I [Phonetic observations in Kartvelian languages I]”, in Mimomxilveli (in Georgian), Tiflis, page 212 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 95–96
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*tqa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 80
• Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) “*daq-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, pages 165–166
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*daq-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 125