Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/martw-

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

Noun

*martw(e)-

1. youngling

Descendants

• Old Georgian: მართუჱ (martuē, “eaglet”)
  • Georgian: მართვე (martve)
• Zan:
  • Laz: მოთა (mota, “grandchild”), მონთა (monta), ⇒ მოთალი (motali, “cub, offspring, grandchild”)
  • Mingrelian: მოთა (mota, “grandchild”), ⇒ მოთელი (moteli, “great-grandchild”)
  • → Middle Armenian: մոնթ (montʻ, “pupil”)

References

• Lomtatiʒe, Ketevan (1961) “Martve da misi zanuri šesaṭq̇visi [Martve and its Zan equivalent]”, in Moambe (in Georgian), number 1, Tbilisi: Sakartvelos ssr mecnierebata aḳademiis gamomcemloba da sṭamba, pages 263–268
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 115
• 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, pages 317–318
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 279–280
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 815