Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ṗer-

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

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, compare Proto-Georgian-Zan *par-.

Root

*ṗer-

to fly

Derived terms

⇒ Proto-Kartvelian: *ṗerṗer- (“butterfly”)
- Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  - Old Georgian: პეპელი (ṗeṗeli)
    - ⇒ Georgian: პეპელა (ṗeṗela)
  - Zan:
    - >? Laz: ფარფალი (parpali)
    - ⇒? Mingrelian: ფარფალია (parpalia)
- Svan: პა̈რპოლდ (ṗärṗold), პა̈რპა̈ნდ (ṗärṗänd)

Descendants

⇒ Svan: ლიპერ (liṗer, “to fly”), ნეპრ (neṗr, “bird”)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 149
Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 370–371
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 330-331