Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/diq-

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

  • *tiqa- (Klimov)

Noun

*diq- (Fähnrich–Sarǯvelaʒe)

  1. clay

Descendants

  • Old Georgian: თიჴაჲ (tiqay)
    • Georgian: თიხა (tixa), თიჴა (tiqa)Khevsureti, Kakheti
      • Bats: თიჴ class jj (tiq) (or from Old Georgian)
  • Zan:

References

  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 72
  • Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 175
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 135