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Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ṭab-

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

Alternative reconstructions
  • *ṭba- (Klimov)

Noun

*ṭab- (Fähnrich–Sarǯvelaʒe)

  1. lake

Descendants
  • Proto-Georgian-Zan:
    • Old Georgian: ტბაჲ (ṭbay)
      • ⇒ Georgian: ტაბაჴმელა (ṭabaqmela, toponym, literally “dry lake”)
    • Zan:
      • Laz: ტობა (ťoba), ტიბა (ťiba)
      • Mingrelian: ტობა (ṭoba), ტომბა (ṭomba), ტონბა (ṭonba), ტობო (ṭobo)
        • → Svan: ტო̄მბ (ṭōmb)
  • Svan: ტუბ (ṭub), ტუ̂იბ (ṭûib)

References
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*ṭba-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 185
  • Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) “*ṭab-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, pages 427–428
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*ṭab-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 391–392
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