Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/beɣ-

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

Root

*beɣ-

to be enough

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Zan:
  - ⇒ Laz: ობაღუ (obağu, “to suffice”)
  - ⇒ Mingrelian: ობაღუ(ნ) (obaɣu(n), “to suffice”)
⇒ Proto-Kartvelian: *beɣ-el- (“barn”)
- Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  - Georgian: ბეღელი (beɣeli)
  - Zan:
    - Laz: ბაღუ (bağu), მბაღუ (mbağu)
    - Mingrelian: ბაღუ (baɣu)
- Svan: ბაღ (baɣ)
⇒ Proto-Georgian-Zan: *beɣ-ur- (“sparrow”)
- ⇒ Georgian: ბეღურა (beɣura)
- Zan:
  - Laz: ბაღულჲა (bağulya), ბაღულია (bağulia)
  - Mingrelian: ბაღჷრე (baɣəre) (see there for further descendants)
Unsorted formations:
- Georgian: ბეღო (beɣo, “shed for sheaves; sparrow”)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998) “beɣ-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 12―13
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “beɣ-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 62―63
Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) “*beɣ-o-”, in Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 60, derives Georgian ბეღელი (beɣeli), ბეღო (beɣo), Mingrelian ბაღუ (baɣu), Laz ბაღუ (bağu), and Svan ბაღ (baɣ), from Proto-Kartvelian *beɣ-o-.
Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) “*ბაღ-”, in Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 774―775