Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/c̣ip-

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

Noun

*c̣ip-

1. beech, beechnut

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Georgian:
    • ⇒ წიფელი (c̣ipeli, “beech”), (dialectal) წიფი (c̣ipi, “beechnut”)
    • ⇒? წიწიბო (c̣ic̣ibo, “beechnut”)
  • Zan:
    • ⇒ Laz: წიფური (ǯipuri), წიფრი (ǯipri), წიფრა (ǯipra), ციფრი (ʒipri)
    • ⇒ Mingrelian: წიფური (c̣ipuri)
• ⇒ Svan: წიფ (c̣ip), წიფრა (c̣ipra)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*c̣ip-, *c̣ip-l-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 296
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) “*c̣ip-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 644–645
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*c̣ip-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 626