Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ṭilʿ-

This Proto-Kartvelian entry contains reconstructed words 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-

louse

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Old Georgian: ტილი (ṭili)
  - Georgian: ტილი (ṭili)
- Zan:
  - Laz: მტი (mṭi), ტი (ṭi)
  - Mingrelian: ტი (ṭi)
Svan: ტიშ (ṭiš)

References

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

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