Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/nat-

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

Root

*nat- ~ *nt-

to shine, give light

Descendants

Old Georgian: ნათება (nateba), ნათობა (natoba)
- Georgian: ნათება (nateba), ანთია (antia), ანთება (anteba), მნათობი (mnatobi), სანთელი (santeli), ანთებული (antebuli)
⇒ Georgian-Zan: *nat-e- (“light”)
- Laz: ნოთე (note)
- Mingrelian: ნოთე (note)
- Old Georgian: ნათელი (nateli)
  - Georgian: ნათელი (nateli)
→? Old Armenian: անթեղ (antʿeł)
→? Ancient Greek: ἄνθραξ (ánthrax)

References

Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) , “անթեղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 194a
Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 136-137
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 313-314
Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 353