Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/peṭw-

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 edit

Etymology edit

Sometimes considered to be derived from *panṭ- (“to throw about, disperse”).

Noun edit

*peṭw-

millet

Descendants edit

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Old Georgian: ფეტჳ (peṭwi)
  - Georgian: ფეტვი (peṭvi)
- Zan:
  - Laz: ფატი (paťi)
  - Mingrelian: ფატი (paṭi)
Svan: ფეტუ̂ (peṭû)

References edit

Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 200
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, page 464
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 433–434