Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/baba

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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

Reconstruction

Reconstructed by Klimov in 1964, however this root is no longer considered in later works.

Etymology

Nursery term.

Noun

*baba

  1. father
  2. grandfather

Descendants

  • Proto-Georgian-Zan:
    • Georgian: ბაბუა (babua, “grandfather”)
    • Zan:
  • Svan: ბაბა (baba, “grandfather”)

References

  • Klimov, G. A. (1964) Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, page 47
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