Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/bera-

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 reconstructions

*ber- (Fähnrich)

Noun

*bera(o)- (Čuxua)

caterpillar

Descendants

Georgian: ბერაო (berao) (Racha)
Zan:
- Mingrelian: ბარუუ (baruu)

References

Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 65
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 58
Fähnrich, Heinz (2019), “Raupe”, in Der Erbwortschatz der Kartwelsprachen (in German), Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, page 43