Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/ṗrṭq̇-

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *brṭq̇- (Fähnrich–Sarǯvelaʒe, Čuxua)

Root

*ṗrṭq̇- (Klimov)

1. to flatten

Reconstruction notes

According to Fähnrich it's uncertain if Svan is inherited or borrowed from Georgian. In the case it's inherited a Proto-Kartvelian source is reconstructible instead.

Descendants

• ⇒ Proto-Georgian-Zan: *brṭq̇-el- (“flat”)
  • Old Georgian: ბრტყელი (brṭq̇eli), ტრყპელი (ṭrq̇ṗeli), ⇒ სიბრტყე (sibrṭq̇e)
    • Georgian: ბრტყელი (brṭq̇eli), პრტყელი (ṗrṭq̇eli), პტყელი (ṗṭq̇eli), ტყრპელი (ṭq̇rṗeli); ტყელ (ṭq̇el); მტყელი (mṭq̇eli); ტყეილი (ṭq̇eili)
      • → Svan: ტყელ (ṭq̇el)
  • Zan:
    • Mingrelian: ბირტყა (birṭq̇a), ⇒ ლაპარტყია (laṗarṭq̇ia)
• ⇒? Svan: ლიპტყჷნე (liṗṭq̇əne), აპტყჷნე (aṗṭq̇əne)

References

• Schmidt, Karl Horst (1962) Studien zur Rekonstruktion des Lautstandes der südkaukasischen Grundsprache (Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes; XXXIV, 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Kommissionsverlag Franz Steiner GmbH, pages 98–99
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*ṗrṭq̇-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 149
• Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) “*brṭq̇-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, pages 119–120
• Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) “*brṭq̇-”, in Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 179, adds Svan
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*brṭq̇-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 78–79

Further reading

• Čanṭlaʒe, Iza (2012) Kevin Tuite, Šušana Puṭḳaraʒe, Ketevan Margiani-Subari, editors, Kartveluri leksiḳis isṭoriidan [From the History of Kartvelian Vocabulary] (in Georgian), pages 169–173