Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/berq-

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

*berq-

1. leg
2. step

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: ფერჴი (perqi), ფეჴი (peqi)
    • Georgian: ფეხი (pexi)
  • Zan:
    • ⇒ Mingrelian: ობახე (obaxe, “passage in wattle-fence”), ლაბახუ (labaxu, “id.”), ლაბახა (labaxa, “ancient door or gate made from logs”)
• Svan: ბა̈ჴ (bäq, “step”), ბა̄ჴ (bāq), ბა̈̄რჴ (bǟrq), ბრა̈ჴ (bräq)

References

• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 106
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 61
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 12