ფიჭჳ
Old Georgian
Etymology
Related to Laz ფინჭო (pinč̣o, “pine”), ფიჭუნა (← *ფიჭუ-ონა) (pič̣una (← *pič̣u-ona), toponym, literally “pine forest”).
Noun
ფიჭჳ • (pič̣wi)
- pine
Descendants
- Georgian: ფიჭვი (pič̣vi)
- → Bats: ფიჭვ (pič̣v)
- → Mingrelian: ფიჭვი (pič̣vi)
- → Udi: пичӏв (pič̣v)
- → Middle Armenian: փիճի (pʿiči)
- Armenian: փիճի (pʿiči)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “փիճի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 503–504
- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi; Ezugbaia, Lali; Memišiši, Omar; Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 843, links Laz with Georgian ბიჭვინთა (bič̣vinta) and, less reliably, with ბეწვი (bec̣vi, “fur”)
Further reading
- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973), “ფიჭუ”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 446a
- Bielmeier, Roland (1994), “Sprachkontakte nördlich und südlich des Kaukasus”, in Roland Bielmeier, Reinhard Stempel, editors, Indogermanica et Caucasica: Festschrift für Karl Horst Schmidt zum 65. Geburtstag (in German), Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, pages 441–443
- Furnée, Edzard Johan (1979) Vorgriechisch-Kartvelisches: Studien zum ostmediterranen Substrat nebst einem Versuch zu einer neuen pelasgischen Theorie (in German), Editions Peeters, →ISBN, page 28