Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/taw-

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

Root

*taw-

head

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Old Georgian: თავი (tavi), თავთავი (tavtavi), თავადი (tavadi), მთავარი (mtavari)
  - Georgian: თავი (tavi)
- Zan:
  - Laz: თი (ti)
  - Mingrelian: თი (ti)
Svan: შდა (šda), შტა (šṭa)

Derived terms

⇒ Proto-Georgian-Zan: *taw-da-
- ⇒ Georgian: თავდაპირველი (tavdaṗirveli, “first”), თავდაყირა (tavdaq̇ira, “upside down”)
- Zan:
  - ⇒ Laz: თუდელე (tudele, “underneath”)
  - ⇒ Mingrelian: თუდოლე (tudole, “underneath”)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 66
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 226–227
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 186

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