Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/beḳ-

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

Root

*beḳ-

to trample down

Reconstruction notes

For the development of Laz descendant, compare *ǯeḳ-.

Descendants

⇒ Georgian: ბეკნა (beḳna)
Zan:
- ⇒ Laz: ო-ბანიკ-უ (o-baniǩ-u) (← *ო-ბაკ-ინ-უ (*o-baǩ-in-u))
  - →⇒? Georgian: ბაბნიკი (babniḳi) — Guria
- ⇒ Mingrelian: ბაკუა (baḳua)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 11
Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 102
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 57
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 19 of 17–37