Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/brṭq̇el-

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

Etymology

*ṗrṭq̇- +‎ *-el

Adjective

*brṭq̇-el- or *ṗrṭq̇-el-

1. flat

Descendants

• Old Georgian: ბრტყელი (brṭq̇eli), ტრყპელი (ṭrq̇ṗeli), ⇒ სიბრტყე (sibrṭq̇e)
  • Georgian: ბრტყელი (brṭq̇eli), პრტყელი (ṗrṭq̇eli), პტყელი (ṗṭq̇eli), ტყრპელი (ṭq̇rṗeli), ტყელ (ṭq̇el) — Ingilo, მტყელი (mṭq̇eli) — Lechkhumi, Khevsureti, ტყეილი (ṭq̇eili) — Fereydan
    • → Svan: ტყელ (ṭq̇el)
• Zan:
  • Mingrelian: ბირტყა (birṭq̇a), ⇒ ლაპარტყია (laṗarṭq̇ia)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*brṭq̇-el-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 19
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*ṗrṭq̇-el-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 151
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 119–120
• Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 179
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 78–79

Further reading

• Čanṭlaʒe, Iza (2012) Kevin Tuite, Šušana Puṭḳaraʒe, Ketevan Margiani-Subari, editors, Kartveluri leksiḳis isṭoriidan [From the History of Kartvelian Vocabulary] (in Georgian), pages 169–173