Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/lap-

This Proto-Georgian-Zan entry contains reconstructed words 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

*lap-

mud
Synonym: *ṭlap-

Descendants

Georgian: ლაფი (lapi)
Zan:
- Mingrelian: ლოფო (lopo, “excrement; mud”)
⇒? Proto-Georgian-Zan: *ṭlap- (“mud”)
- Georgian: ტლაპო (ṭlaṗo), ტლაპი (ṭlaṗi)
- Zan:
  - Laz: ტოლოფი (ṭolopi)
  - Mingrelian: ტოლოფა (ṭolopa, toponym in Senaḳi, literally “bog, marsh”)

References

Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 264

Reconstruction

For the suffix, compare Proto-Kartvelian *ip- (“ash tree”).

Noun

*lap-an-

Caucasian wingnut (Pterocarya fraxinifolia)

Descendants

Georgian: ლაფანი (lapani)
- → Russian: лапи́на (lapína)
Zan:
- Mingrelian: ლეფონი (leponi), ლიფონი (liponi)

References

Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 264

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