Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/buṭḳar-

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

*buṭḳ(a)- (“inflorescence, leaf”) +‎ *-ar

Noun

*buṭḳ-ar-

1. bee

Descendants

• Old Georgian: ფუტკარი (puṭḳari)
  • Georgian: ფუტკარი (puṭḳari)
    • → Bats: ფუტკარ (puṭḳar)
• Zan:
  • Laz: ბუტკუჯი (buťǩuci), პუტუჯი (p̌uťuci), პუტტუჯი (p̌uťťuci), პუტუჟი (p̌uťuji) — Atina, Artasheni, ბუტუჯი (buťuci), ბუტტუჯი (buťťuci) — Artasheni
  • ⇒ Mingrelian: ბუტკუჯიში (buṭḳuǯiši, toponym)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 22
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 126
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 86–87
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 780