Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/leḳw-

This Proto-Georgian-Zan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

*leḳw-

1. puppy

• Old Georgian: ლეკჳ (leḳwi), ლეკუი (leḳui)
  • Georgian: ლეკვი (leḳvi)
• Zan:
  • ⇒ Laz: ლაკოტი (laǩoťi, “puppy”), ლაკი (laǩi, “dog”), ლაქი (laki), ლაგი (lagi), ლაჭი (laç̌i), ლაჲჭი (layç̌i)
    • → Middle Armenian: լակոտ (lakot)
      • Armenian: լակոտ (lakot)
  • Mingrelian: ლაკვი (laḳvi)

• *ʒ₁aɣl-

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 108
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 305
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 267
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “լակոտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 261a
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 595