Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/pet-

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

*pet- : *pt-

1. to card wool

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • ⇒ Georgian: ფთილა (ptila, “carded wool”), ფრთილა (prtila)
• ⇒ Svan: ლიფთი (lipti, “carding of wool”), ლიფეთე (lipete), ა̈ფთი (äpti, “cards wool”), ლა̈ფთი̄რ (läptīr, “card for disentagling the fibres of wool”), ლაფეთირ (lapetir)

References

• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 431–432