Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/par-
Proto-Georgian-Zan edit
Alternative reconstructions edit
- (*pr-en- : *pr-in-) (Klimov)
Etymology edit
Onomatopoeic, compare Proto-Kartvelian *ṗer-.
Root edit
*par- (Fähnrich–Sarǯvelaʒe)
- to fly
Descendants edit
- ⇒ Old Georgian: ფრენა (prena, “flight”), ფრთე (prte, “wing”), მფრინველი (mprinveli, “bird”)
- Zan:
- ⇒? Laz: ფურ-თ-ინ- (pur-t-in-)
- ⇒ Mingrelian: ფურინუა (purinua, “flight”)
Derived terms edit
- ⇒ Proto-Georgian-Zan: *pr-ial-
See also edit
References edit
- Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, pages 456–457
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 425
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 203, quotes Laz ფურ-თ-ინ- (pur-t-in-), probably meaning ოფუთხინუ (oputxinu), ოფუთხუ (oputxu)