Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/lap-
Proto-Georgian-Zan
editEtymology 1
editNoun
edit*lap-
Descendants
edit- Georgian: ლაფი (lapi)
- Zan:
- Mingrelian: ლოფო (lopo, “excrement; mud”)
- ⇒? Proto-Georgian-Zan: *ṭlap- (“mud”)
References
edit- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 264
Etymology 2
edit
Noun
edit*lap-an-
Reconstruction notes
editFor the suffix, compare Proto-Kartvelian *ip- (“ash tree”).
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 264