Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ɣob-

This Proto-Kartvelian 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-Kartvelian

Root

*ɣob-

1. to wattle; wattle fence

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • ⇒ Old Georgian: ღობჱ (ɣobē, “fence”)
    • Georgian: ღობე (ɣobe)
      • → Armenian: ղոբի (ġobi)
      • → Bats: ღობ (ɣob)
    • ⇒ Georgian: ღობვა (ɣobva, “to fence, enclose, (Guria) to plait”)
  • Zan:
    • ⇒ Laz: ღობერი (ğoberi, “fence”), ოღობუ (oğobu, “to fence, enclose, weave, plait”)
    • ⇒ Mingrelian: ღობერი (ɣoberi, “fence”), ღობუა (ɣobua, “to fence, enclose, weave, plait”)
      • → Georgian: ღობერი (ɣoberi, “fence”) (Guria)
• ⇒ Svan: ღუ̂ებ (ɣûeb, “beehive; wooden trough, tub”), ღობ (ɣob)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*ɣob-e-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 231
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) “*ɣob-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 513
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*ɣob-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 490