Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/q̇ab-

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *q̇ba- (Klimov)

Noun

*q̇ab- (Fähnrich–Sarǯvelaʒe)

  1. jaw

Descendants

  • Proto-Georgian-Zan:
    • Old Georgian: ყბაჲ (q̇bay), ⇒ ნიყბერი (niq̇beri, “mandible; chin”)
      • Georgian: ყბა (q̇ba, “jaw; beard”)
  • Svan: ყაბ (q̇ab, “beard”), ⇒ ჰაყბა (haq̇ba, “jaw; cheek”)

See also

References

  • Schmidt, Karl Horst (1962) Studien zur Rekonstruktion des Lautstandes der südkaukasischen Grundsprache (Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes; XXXIV, 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 140
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 238
  • Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 526
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 503
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