Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/beḳ-

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

Root

*beḳ-

1. to trample down

Reconstruction notes

For the development of Laz descendant, compare *ǯeḳ-.

Descendants

• ⇒ Georgian: ბეკნა (beḳna)
• Zan:
  • ⇒ Laz: ო-ბანიკ-უ (o-baniǩ-u) (← *ო-ბაკ-ინ-უ (*o-baǩ-in-u))
    • →⇒? Georgian: ბაბნიკი (babniḳi) — Guria
  • ⇒ Mingrelian: ბაკუა (baḳua)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 11
• Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 102
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 57
• Ḳelauraʒe, Levan (2014) “Damaṭebani kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis - II”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XI, Tbilisi: Dedaena, page 19 of 17–37