Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/diḳ-

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

Noun

*diḳ(a)-

1. wheat

Descendants

• Old Georgian: დიკაჲ (diḳay)
  • Georgian: დიკა (diḳa)
    • → Aghul: дукк (dukk, “duk̄”)
    • →⇒ Bezhta: дикӏа-хъибо (dikʼa-qxibo)
    • → Rutul: дуькӏ (düḳ)
    • → Tabasaran: дукӏ (duḳ)
    • → Tsakhur: дикӏ (diḳ)
    • → Udi: дикӏ (diḳ), дыкӏ (dəḳ)
• Zan:
  • Laz: დიკა (diǩa), მდიკა (mdiǩa) — Atina, Artasheni

References

• Ǯavaxišvili, Ivane (1930) Sakartvelos eḳonomiuri isṭoria - c̣igni I [Economic history of Georgia – Book I] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba «Kartuli c̣igni», pages 328–330, 406–412
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*diḳa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 40, compares Lezgi ццуькӏ (c̄üḳ, “millet”), Tabasaran дукӏ (duḳ), Aghul дукк (dukk, “duk̄”), Rutul дуькӏ (düḳ), Tsakhur дикӏ (diḳ)
• Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) “*diḳ-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 173
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*diḳ-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 133