Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/borbal-

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

Etymology

Reduplicated form of Proto-Georgian-Zan *bor- (“to whirl”).

Noun

*borbal-

spider

Descendants

Mingrelian: ბორბოლია (borbolia), ბობოლია (bobolia)
Laz: ბომბულა (bombula)
Old Georgian: ბორბალა (borbala)
- Georgian: ბორბალა (borbala)
- ⇒? Georgian: ობობა (oboba) (perhaps with taboo distortions)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 17
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 72