Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/maṭq̇l-

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

*maṭq̇l-

1. fleece, wool

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: მატყლი (maṭq̇li)
    • Georgian: მატყლი (maṭq̇li)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: მონტკორი (monťǩori), მონტკოი (monťǩoi)
    • Mingrelian: მონტყორი (monṭq̇ori)
• Svan: მა̈ტყ (mäṭq̇), მატყ (maṭq̇)

References

• Wardrop, Oliver (1911) “English–Svanetian Vocabulary”, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society‎^[1], page 634 of 589–634
• 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, page 109
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 117
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 281