Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/-iḳ

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

Suffix

*-iḳ

1. forms diminutives

Descendants

• Old Georgian: -იკი (-iḳi), ⇒ -იკა (-iḳa)
• Zan:
  • Laz: -იკი (-iǩi), ⇒ -იკა (-iǩa), -იკინა (-iǩina)
  • Mingrelian: -იკი (-iḳi), ⇒ -იკა (-iḳa)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 80
• Ḳelauraʒe, Levan (2014) “Damaṭebani kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis - II [Addenda to Etymological Dictionary of Kartvelian Languages - II]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XI, Tbilisi: Dedaena, page 22 of 17–37