Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/raṭq̇-

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

Root

*raṭq̇- : *rṭq̇-

1. to gird, engird

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • ⇒ Old Georgian: შეირტყა (šeirṭq̇a), სარტყელი (sarṭq̇eli), ცისარტყელა (cisarṭq̇ela)
  • Zan:
    • ⇒ Laz: გოტკუ (goťǩu), ოტკაფუ (oťǩapu), ცაშოტკაპუ (ʒaşoťǩap̌u)
    • ⇒ Mingrelian: რტყაფა (rṭq̇apa), ორტყაფუ (orṭq̇apu), ცაშორტყაფუ (cašorṭq̇apu)
• ⇒ Svan: ლა̈რტყ (lärṭq̇), ლა̄რტყა (lārṭq̇a), დეცა̈ლა̈̄რტყ (decälǟrṭq̇)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 154
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 377–378
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 339