Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/lap-

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

Etymology 1

Noun

*lap-

  1. mud
    Synonym: *ṭlap-
Descendants
  • Georgian: ლაფი (lapi)
  • Zan:
    • Mingrelian: ლოფო (lopo, “excrement; mud”)
  • ⇒? Proto-Georgian-Zan: *ṭlap- (“mud”)
    • Georgian: ტლაპო (ṭlaṗo), ტლაპი (ṭlaṗi)
    • Zan:
      • Laz: ტოლოფი (ťolopi)
      • ⇒ Mingrelian: ტოლოფა (ṭolopa, “bog, marsh”, toponym in Senaḳi, literally “mudded (place)”)

References

  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 264

Etymology 2

Noun

*lap-an-

  1. Caucasian wingnut (Pterocarya fraxinifolia)
Reconstruction notes

For the suffix, compare Proto-Kartvelian *ip- (“ash tree”).

Descendants

References

  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 264
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