Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/lap-

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 1

Noun

*lap-

1. mud

   Synonym: *ṭlap-

Descendants

• Georgian: ლაფი (lapi)
• Zan:
  • Mingrelian: ლოფო (lopo, “excrement; mud”)
• ⇒? Proto-Georgian-Zan: *ṭlap- (“mud”)
  • Georgian: ტლაპო (ṭlaṗo), ტლაპი (ṭlaṗi)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: ტოლოფი (ťolopi)
    • ⇒ Mingrelian: ტოლოფა (ṭolopa, “bog, marsh”, toponym in Senaḳi, literally “mudded (place)”)

References

• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 264

Etymology 2

Noun

*lap-an-

1. Caucasian wingnut (Pterocarya fraxinifolia)

Reconstruction notes

For the suffix, compare Proto-Kartvelian *ip- (“ash tree”).

Descendants

• Georgian: ლაფანი (lapani)
  • → Russian: лапи́на (lapína)
• Zan:
  • Mingrelian: ლეფონი (leponi), ლიფონი (liponi)

References

• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 264