Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/gob-

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

*gob-

plate-like wooden container

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Georgian: გობი (gobi)
- Zan:
  - >? Mingrelian: ქოფე (kope, “beehive; a kind of tree log”)
    - → Georgian: ქოფე (kope, “wooden hopper of a mill”) (Lechkhumi)
Svan: გუ̂ებ (gûeb)

References

Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 109
Čuxua, Merab (2007) Iberiul-ičkeriul enata šedarebiti gramaṭiḳa [Ibero-Ichkerian Comparative Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, page 304