Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/maṭq̇l-

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

*maṭq̇l-

fleece, wool

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Old Georgian: მატყლი (maṭq̇li)
  - Georgian: მატყლი (maṭq̇li)
- Zan:
  - Laz: მონტკორი (monṭḳori), მონტკოი (monṭḳoi)
  - Mingrelian: მონტყორი (monṭq̇ori)
Svan: მა̈ტყ (mäṭq̇), მატყ (maṭq̇)

References

Wardrop, Oliver (1911), “English–Svanetian Vocabulary”, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society‎, page 634 of 589–634
Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳon [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, page 109
Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 117
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 281