Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/ṭapel-

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

*ṭap-el-

1. nase (Chondrostoma)

Descendants

• ⇒ Georgian: ტაფელა (ṭapela, “bitterling”)
• Zan:
  • Mingrelian: ტოფუ (ṭopu, “nase”), ტოფჷ (ṭopə), ტოფი (ṭopi)
    • → Abkhaz: а-тоԥ (a-tʼop, “schneider (Alburnoides bipunctatus)”) (dialectal)
    • → Georgian: ტობი (ṭobi, “nase”)

Related terms

• *ṭop- (“to spawn (of fish)”) (possibly)

References

• Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) “*ṭap-el-”, in Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 212
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) “*ṭap-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 429
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*ṭap-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 393

Further reading

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 191
• Čuxua, Merab (2009) “Damaṭebiti masalebi saertokartveluri puʒe-enis leksiḳuri pondisatvis [The Additional Materials for the Commonkartvelian Proto-language Lexical Fund]”, in Kartvelur enata sṭrukṭuris saḳitxebi (in Georgian), number 10, Tbilisi: Universali, page 235 of 227–250