Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/ṭq̇w-

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

Etymology 1

Root

*ṭq̇w-

1. to speak, say

Descendants

• ⇒ Old Georgian: ვ-ი-ტყუ-ი (v-i-ṭq̇u-i, “I will say”), სი-ტყუ-ა (si-ṭq̇u-a, “word”)
  • Georgian: ვიტყვი (viṭq̇vi), სიტყვა (siṭq̇va)
• Zan:
  • ⇒ Laz: ო-ტკ-უ (o-ťǩ-u)
  • ⇒ Mingrelian: ვ-ი-ტყუ-უ-ქ (v-i-ṭq̇u-u-k, “I will say”), ი-ბ-ტყუ-უ-ქ (i-b-ṭq̇u-u-k)

Related terms

• *ṭq̇u- (“to lie”)
• *tkw- (“to speak, say”)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 193
• 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, page 445
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 411–412

Etymology 2

Root

*ṭq̇w-

1. to sense, notice, perceive

Descendants

• ⇒ Old Georgian: შე-ა-ტყუ-ა (še-a-ṭq̇u-a, “he noticed”), შე-სა-ტყუ-ის-ი (še-sa-ṭq̇u-is-i, “equivalent”)
  • Georgian: შეტყობა (šeṭq̇oba), შესატყვისი (šesaṭq̇visi)
• Zan:
  • ⇒ Mingrelian: ტყუ-ნ-აფ-ა (ṭq̇u-n-ap-a, “sensing, perceiving”)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 193
• 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 445–446
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 412