Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/beɣel-

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

Etymology

*beɣ- (“to be enough”) +‎ *-el. The Svan word was added by Fähnrich, see Proto-Kartvelian *-el for more.

Noun

*beɣ-el-

1. barn

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Georgian: ბეღელი (beɣeli)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: ბაღუ (bağu), მბაღუ (mbağu) — Vizha
    • Mingrelian: ბაღუ (baɣu)
• Svan: ბაღ (baɣ)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 12―13, compares Svan ბღე (bɣe, “pit”)
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 62―63
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 774―775