Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/ṭq̇aw-

This Proto-Georgian-Zan 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-Georgian-Zan

Noun

*ṭq̇aw-

1. hide (the skin of an animal)

Reconstruction notes

Later developments in Zan: *ṭq̇ow- > *ṭq̇ob-.

Descendants

• Old Georgian: ტყავი (ṭq̇avi)
  • Georgian: ტყავი (ṭq̇avi)
• Zan:
  • Laz: ტკები (ťǩebi), ტები (ťebi) — Vizha, Okordule, ნტები (nťebi) — Ortaalan, ნტკები (nťǩebi) — Peroniti
  • Mingrelian: ტყები (ṭq̇ebi)
    • →⇒ Svan: ტყებერა (ṭq̇ebera)
  • →⇒ Georgian: ტყობერი (ṭq̇oberi) — Guria

References

• Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, page 86
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 443
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 192
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 410
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 840

Further reading

• Gamkrelidze, Th. V., Ivanov, V. V. (1995) Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans. A Reconstruction and Historical Analysis of a Proto-Language and Proto-Culture. Part I: The Text (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 80), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 803, derives Ancient Greek κῶας (kôas, “fleece”) from Zan
• Šerozia, Revaz (2020) “Svanuri da megrul–lazuri meṭq̇velebebis saerto ʒir-puʒeta saḳitxisatvis [On the issue of common roots and stems of Svan and Megrelian–Laz]”, in Kartveluri memḳvidreoba (in Georgian), volume XXIV, Kutaisi, pages 266–268
• Ḳelauraʒe, Levan (2013) “Damaṭebani kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis [Additional Material for Etymological Dictionary of Kartvelian Languages]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume X, Tbilisi: Dedaena, page 17 of 3–26