Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/niḳaṗ-

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

Etymology

From *ni- +‎ *ḳaṗ-.

Noun

*ni-ḳaṗ-

chin

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Old Georgian: ნიკაპი (niḳaṗi)
⇒ Svan: ნიკპა (niḳṗa), ნიპკა (niṗḳa), ნიკბა (niḳba)

References

Topuria, Varlam (1938) “Kartvelur enata siṭq̇vac̣armoebidan: ne-, ni-, na- ṗrepiksebisatvis”, in Ṭpilisis saxelmc̣ipo universiṭeṭis šromebi‎^[1] (in Georgian), volume VII, Tiflis, pages 90–91
Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 142
Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 358–359
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 220–221