Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/diq-

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

Alternative reconstructions

• tiqa- (Klimov)

Noun

*diq- (Fähnrich–Sarǯvelaʒe)

1. clay

Descendants

• Old Georgian: თიჴაჲ (tiqay)
  • Georgian: თიხა (tixa)
  • →? Bats: თიჴ (tiq)
• Zan:
  • Laz: დიხა (dixa), ნდიხა (ndixa)
  • Mingrelian: დიხა (dixa), დეხა (dexa)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 72
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 175
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 135