Where does “ოკაპინამს” come from?

ოკაპინამს (Laz) comes from Laz -ამ, from Laz დო-, from Proto-Georgian-Zan *da- — and.

ოკაპინამს (Laz): to drop to the ground

Definitions

  1. to drop to the ground

Ancestry of “ოკაპინამს”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laz-ამverbal thematic suffix
2Lazდო-demonstrates that the verb is indeed positive: Affirmation prefix
3Proto-Georgian-Zan*da-and
Every word from Proto-Georgian-Zan *da- →Every word from Laz -ამ →Every word from Laz დო- →