Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ṗerṗer-

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 This Proto-Kartvelian 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.

Proto-Kartvelian

Etymology

Reduplication of *ṗer- (“to fly”), ultimately with onomatopoeic intent, compare synonymous Abkhaz аԥарԥалыкь (aparpaləkʲʼ), ахьчԥаԥыр (axʲčpapər), as well as Italian parpaglia and Bulgarian пеперу́да (peperúda).

Noun

*ṗerṗer-

  1. butterfly

Descendants

References

  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 149
  • Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 370–371
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 330-331
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