Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/-et

This Proto-Georgian-Zan 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-Georgian-Zan

Suffix

*-et

Added to stems in order to form names of places

Reconstruction notes

The relation of Svan -ეშდ (-ešd) to this root is uncertain. If it's related then a Proto-Kartvelian source is reconstructible instead. In Svan it occurs very rarely.

Descendants

Old Georgian: -ეთი (-eti)
- Georgian: -ეთი (-eti)
- → Laz: -ეთი (-eti)
- → Mingrelian: -ეთი (-eti)
Zan:
- Laz: -ათი (-ati)
- Mingrelian: -ათი (-ati)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 46
Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 186
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 146–147

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