Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/q̇ab-

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

• *q̇ba- (Klimov)

Noun

*q̇ab- (Fähnrich–Sarǯvelaʒe)

1. jaw

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: ყბაჲ (q̇bay), ⇒ ნიყბერი (niq̇beri, “mandible; chin”)
    • Georgian: ყბა (q̇ba, “jaw; beard”)
• Svan: ყაბ (q̇ab, “beard”), ⇒ ჰაყბა (haq̇ba, “jaw; cheek”)

See also

• *ɣač̣- (“jaw”)
• *ḳaṗ- (“chin”)

References

• Schmidt, Karl Horst (1962) Studien zur Rekonstruktion des Lautstandes der südkaukasischen Grundsprache (Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes; XXXIV, 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 140
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 238
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 526
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 503