Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/dab-

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

Noun

*dab-

  1. cornfield

Descendants

  • Proto-Georgian-Zan:
    • ⇒ Old Georgian: დაბაჲ (dabay, “small village; cornfield”)
    • Zan:
      • ⇒ Laz: დობირა (dobira, “fertile soil”), დობაწიწი (dobaǯiǯi, “earthworm”)
      • ⇒ Mingrelian: დობერა (dobera, “fertile, arable soil; field, valley”), დობირა (dobira)
        • → Georgian: (Guria) დობირა (dobira, “best soil for vines”), დობირო (dobiro, “vine-growing area”), (Imereti) დობილო (dobilo)
  • Svan: და̈ბ (däb, “cornfield”)

References

  • Klimov, G. A. (1998), “*dab(a)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 36
  • Fähnrich, Heinz; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000), “*dab-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 162–163
  • Ḳarṭozia, Guram (2005), Tamaz Gamq̇reliʒe, editor, Lazuri ena da misi adgili kartvelur enata sisṭemaši [Laz language and its place in Kartvelian language system] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Neḳeri, →ISBN, page 188
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007), “*dab-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 122–123
  • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi; Ezugbaia, Lali; Memišiši, Omar; Čuxua, Merab (2015), “*doba, *dob-ira”, in Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 787
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