Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/brṭq̇el-

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

Etymology

*ṗrṭq̇- +‎ *-el

Adjective

*brṭq̇-el- or *ṗrṭq̇-el-

flat

Descendants

Old Georgian: ბრტყელი (brṭq̇eli), ტრყპელი (ṭrq̇ṗeli), ⇒ სიბრტყე (sibrṭq̇e)
- Georgian: ბრტყელი (brṭq̇eli), პრტყელი (ṗrṭq̇eli), პტყელი (ṗṭq̇eli), ტყრპელი (ṭq̇rṗeli); ტყელ (ṭq̇el); მტყელი (mṭq̇eli); ტყეილი (ṭq̇eili)
  - → Svan: ტყელ (ṭq̇el)
Zan:
- Mingrelian: ბირტყა (birṭq̇a), ⇒ ლაპარტყია (laṗarṭq̇ia)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*brṭq̇-el-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 19
Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*ṗrṭq̇-el-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 151
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, pages 119–120
Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 179
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 78–79