Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/-uṭ

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

*-uṭ

1. Suffixed to nouns to form diminutives

Descendants

• Georgian: -უტი (-uṭi), ⇒ -უტა (-uṭa) — Imereti
• Zan:
  • Laz: -უტი (-uťi), ⇒ -უტა (-uťa)
  • ⇒ Mingrelian: -უტა (-uṭa), -უტია (-uṭia), -ტია (-ṭia)

References

• 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 29 of 17–37