Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/lap-
Proto-Georgian-Zan edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
*lap-
Descendants edit
- Georgian: ლაფი (lapi)
- Zan:
- Mingrelian: ლოფო (lopo, “excrement; mud”)
- ⇒? Proto-Georgian-Zan: *ṭlap- (“mud”)
References edit
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 264
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
*lap-an-
Reconstruction notes edit
For the suffix, compare Proto-Kartvelian *ip- (“ash tree”).
Descendants edit
References edit
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 264