Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ip-

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

Noun

*ip-

1. ash tree

Reconstruction notes

For the suffix of Proto-Georgian-Zan, compare *lap-an- (“wingnut”).

Descendants

• ⇒ Proto-Georgian-Zan: *ip-an-
  • Georgian: იფანი (ipani)
  • Zan:
    • Mingrelian: იფონი (iponi)
• Svan: იფ (ip)

References

• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 215–216