Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/dab-

This Proto-Kartvelian 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-Kartvelian

Noun

*dab-

cornfield

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- ⇒ Old Georgian: დაბაჲ (dabay, “small village; cornfield”)
  - Georgian: დაბა (daba)
- Zan:
  - ⇒ Laz: დობირა (dobira, “fertile soil”), დობაწიწი (dobac̣ic̣i, “earthworm”)
  - ⇒ Mingrelian: დობერა (dobera, “fertile, arable soil; field, valley”), დობირა (dobira)
    - → Georgian: (Guria) დობირა (dobira, “best soil for vines”), დობირო (dobiro, “vine-growing area”), (Imereti) დობილო (dobilo)
Svan: და̈ბ (däb, “cornfield”)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998), “*dab(a)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 36
Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000), “*dab-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, pages 162–163
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007), “*dab-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 122–123
Kiria, Č̣abuḳi; Ezugbaia, Lali; Memišiši, Omar; Čuxua, Merab (2015), “*doba, *dob-ira”, in Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 787