< Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan

Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/buṭḳa-

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

Alternative forms
  • *buṭḳa- (Klimov, 1998)
  • *buṭḳ- (Fähnrich, 2007)

Etymology

The resemblance with Armenian պտուկ (ptuk, “bud, sprout”) is perhaps accidental.

Root

*buṭḳa-

  1. inflorescence
  2. leaf

Descendants
  • Laz: ბუტკა (buṭḳa)
  • Georgian: ბუტკო (buṭḳo)

Derived terms

References
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 21-22
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 86-87
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