Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ṗerṗer-
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Proto-Kartvelian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
*ṗerṗer-
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 149
- Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State 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