Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ṗerṗer-

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

Etymology

A reduplicated form of Proto-Kartvelian *ṗer- (“to fly”), with a development similar to Latin pāpiliō.

Root

*ṗerṗer-

butterfly

Descendants

Georgian-Zan
- Laz: ფარფალი (parpali)
- Mingrelian: ფაფრალია (papralia)
- Old Georgian: პეპელი (ṗeṗeli)
  - Georgian: პეპელა (ṗeṗela)
Svan: პა̈რპოლდ (ṗärṗold), პა̈რპა̈ნდ (ṗärṗänd)

References

Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 330-331
Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 149
Starostin, S. A. (2005), “*ṗerṗer- (/*perpel-)”, in Kartvelian etymological database compiled on the basis of G. Klimov's and Fähnrich-Sarjveladze's etymological dictionaries of Kartvelian languages