Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/ṗaṗ-
Proto-Georgian-Zan edit
Alternative reconstructions edit
- *ṗaṗa-
Etymology edit
Probably a native Georgian-Zan nursery term.
Root edit
*ṗaṗ-
Descendants edit
- Laz: პაპული (p̌ap̌uli), პაპუ (p̌ap̌u), პაპპუ (p̌ap̌p̌u)
- Mingrelian: პაპუ (ṗaṗu)
- Old Georgian: პაპა (ṗaṗa)
- Georgian: პაპა (ṗaṗa)
References edit
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 147
- 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 369
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 329