Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/borbal-

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

Noun

*borbal-

1. spider

Descendants

• Old Georgian: ბორბალა (borbala, “spider”), ბორბალი (borbali, “wheel”)
  • Georgian: ბორბალა (borbala)
• Zan:
  • Laz: ბობოლა (bobola), ბომბულა (bombula), ბომბოლა (bombola)
  • Mingrelian: ბორბოლია (borbolia)

See also

• *oboba-

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*borbal-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 17
• Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) “*bor-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, pages 114–115
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*bor-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 72