Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/martw-

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

Noun

*martw(e)-

  1. youngling

Descendants

  • Old Georgian: მართუჱ (martuē, “eaglet”)
    • Georgian: მართვე (martve)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: მოთა (mota, “grandchild”), მონთა (monta) — Atina, Vizha, Artasheni, ⇒ მოთალი (motali, “cub, offspring, grandchild”)
    • Mingrelian: მოთა (mota, “grandchild”), ⇒ მოთელი (moteli, “great-grandchild”)
    • → Middle Armenian: մոնթ (montʻ, “pupil”)

References

  • Lomtatiʒe, Ketevan (1961), “Martve da misi zanuri šesaṭq̇visi [Martve and its Zan equivalent]”, in Moambe (in Georgian), number 1, Tbilisi: Sakartvelos ssr mecnierebata aḳademiis gamomcemloba da sṭamba, pages 263–268
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998), Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 115
  • Fähnrich, Heinz; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000), Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 317–318
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007), Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 279–280
  • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi; Ezugbaia, Lali; Memišiši, Omar; Čuxua, Merab (2015), Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 815
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