Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/boṭ-

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

Noun

*boṭ-

  1. billy goat

Descendants

  • Proto-Georgian-Zan:
    • Old Georgian: *ბოტი (*boṭi) (attested as ვაცბოტი (vacboṭi))
      • Georgian: ბოტი (boṭi)
    • Zan:
      • ⇒ Laz: ბოტი (boťi), ბოტიკინა (boťiǩina, diminutive form)
      • ⇒ Mingrelian: ბეტარი (beṭari), ბოტი (boṭi)
  • Svan: ბოტ (boṭ), ბოტა (boṭa), ბეტუ̂ (beṭû)

References

  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 74
  • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 777
  • Ḳelauraʒe, Levan (2014) “Damaṭebani kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis - II [Addenda to Etymological Dictionary of Kartvelian Languages - II]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XI, Tbilisi: Dedaena, page 20 of 17–37
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