Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/omṗe-

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

• *uṗe- (Fähnrich–Sarǯvelaʒe)

Noun

*o(m)ṗe- (Klimov)

1. navel

Descendants

• Old Georgian: უპჱ (uṗē)
• Zan:
  • Laz: უმპა (ump̌a), ომპა (omp̌a) — Artasheni, უმპპა (ump̌p̌a) — Ortaalan, კუმპა (ǩump̌a) — Sapanca
  • >? Mingrelian: ომპა (omṗa, “upper log of roof”)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 146
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 452
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 419–420