Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/baba

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

Reconstruction edit

Reconstructed by Klimov in 1964, however this root is no longer considered in later works.

Etymology edit

Nursery term.

Noun edit

*baba

Descendants edit

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Georgian: ბაბუა (babua, “grandfather”)
- Zan:
  - Laz: ბაბა (baba, “father”), ება (eba)
  - Mingrelian: ბაბა (baba, “father”)
Svan: ბაბა (baba, “grandfather”)

References edit

Klimov, G. A. (1964) Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, page 47