Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/daq-

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

Alternative reconstructions

*tqa- (Klimov)

Noun

*daq- (Fähnrich–Sarǯvelaʒe)

goat

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Old Georgian: თხაჲ (txay)
  - Georgian: თხა (txa)
- Zan:
  - Laz: თხა (txa), მთხა (mtxa)
  - Mingrelian: თხა (txa)
⇒ Svan: დაჴჷლ (daqəl)

References

Topuria, Varlam (1926) “Poneṭiḳuri daḳvirvebani kartvelur enebši I [Phonetic observations in Kartvelian languages I]”, in Mimomxilveli (in Georgian), Tiflis, page 212 of 198–219
Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, pages 95–96
Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*tqa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 80
Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) “*daq-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 165–166
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*daq-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 125