Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ɣob-

This Proto-Kartvelian 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-Kartvelian

Root

*ɣob-

to wattle; wattle fence

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- ⇒ Old Georgian: ღობჱ (ɣobē, “fence”)
  - Georgian: ღობე (ɣobe)
    - → Armenian: ղոբի (ġobi)
    - → Bats: ღობ (ɣob)
  - ⇒ Georgian: ღობვა (ɣobva, “to fence, enclose, (Guria) to plait”)
- Zan:
  - ⇒ Laz: ო-ღობ-უ, ღობ-უა (o-ğob-u, ğob-ua, “to fence”) ⇒ Laz: ღობერი (ğoberi, “fence”), ღობეი (ğobei), ღობეჲი (ğobeyi), ღობერ (ğober)
  - ⇒ Mingrelian: ღობერი (ɣoberi, “fence”), ღობუა (ɣobua, “to fence, enclose, weave, plait”)
    - → Georgian: ღობერი (ɣoberi, “fence”) (Guria)
⇒ Svan: ღუ̂ებ (ɣûeb, “beehive; wooden trough, tub”), ღობ (ɣob)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*ɣob-e-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 231
Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) “*ɣob-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 513
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*ɣob-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 490