Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ṭilʿ-

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

• *ṭil- (Klimov, 1998)

Noun

*ṭilʿ- (Fähnrich-Sarǯvelaʒe)

1. louse

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: ტილი (ṭili)
    • Georgian: ტილი (ṭili)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: მტი (mťi), მტირი (mťiri), მტიი (mťii), მტიჲი (mťiyi) — Borghola; ტი (ťi)
    • Mingrelian: ტი (ṭi), ტი-ეფ-ი pl (ṭi-ep-i), ტილ-ეფ-ი pl (ṭil-ep-i)
• Svan: ტიშ (ṭiš)

Related terms

• *ṭis₁-

See also

• *č̣il-

References

• 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 434–435
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*ṭilʿ-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 401
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*ṭil-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 188