Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/par-

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 edit

Alternative reconstructions edit

  • (*pr-en- : *pr-in-) (Klimov)

Etymology edit

Onomatopoeic, compare Proto-Kartvelian *ṗer-.

Root edit

*par- (Fähnrich–Sarǯvelaʒe)

  1. 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

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)