Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/raṭq̇-

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

Root

*raṭq̇- : *rṭq̇-

to gird, engird

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- ⇒ Old Georgian: შეირტყა (šeirṭq̇a), სარტყელი (sarṭq̇eli), ცისარტყელა (cisarṭq̇ela)
- Zan:
  - ⇒ Laz: გოტკუ (goṭḳu), ოტკაფუ (oṭḳapu), ცაშოტკაპუ (cašoṭḳaṗu)
  - ⇒ Mingrelian: რტყაფა (rṭq̇apa), ორტყაფუ (orṭq̇apu), ცაშორტყაფუ (cašorṭq̇apu)
⇒ Svan: ლა̈რტყ (lärṭq̇), ლა̄რტყა (lārṭq̇a), დეცა̈ლა̈̄რტყ (decälǟrṭq̇)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 154
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 377–378
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 339