Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/dud-

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

*dud-

1. tip

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Georgian: დუდი (dudi, “comb, crest of birds, head apex”) — Adjara, Guria, Fereydan
  • Zan:
    • Laz: დუდი (dudi, “head, tip, occiput”)
    • Mingrelian: დუდი (dudi, “head”)
• ⇒ Svan: დუდუ̄ლ (dudūl, “nipple”)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 42–43
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 177
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 137