Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ṭab-

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

• *ṭba- (Klimov)

Noun

*ṭab- (Fähnrich–Sarǯvelaʒe)

1. lake

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: ტბაჲ (ṭbay)
    • Georgian: ტბა (ṭba)
    • ⇒ Georgian: ტაბაჴმელა (ṭabaqmela, toponym, literally “dry lake”)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: ტობა (ťoba), ტიბა (ťiba) — Ortahopa, Chkhala, Batumi
    • Mingrelian: ტობა (ṭoba), ტომბა (ṭomba), ტონბა (ṭonba), ტობო (ṭobo)
      • → Svan: ტო̄მბ (ṭōmb)
• Svan: ტუბ (ṭub), ტუ̂იბ (ṭûib)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*ṭba-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 185
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) “*ṭab-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 427–428
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*ṭab-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 391–392