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Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/baba
Proto-Kartvelian
Reconstruction
Reconstructed by Klimov in 1964, however this root is no longer considered in later works.
Etymology
Nursery term.
Noun
*baba
- father
- grandfather
Descendants
- Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Georgian: ბაბუა (babua, “grandfather”)
- Zan:
- Laz: ბაბა (baba, “father”)
- Mingrelian: ბაბა (baba, “father”)
- Svan: ბაბა (baba, “grandfather”)
References
- Климов, Г. А. (1964) Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, page 47