< Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan
Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/lap-
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