Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ṭis₁-

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

Etymology

Related to/from Proto-Kartvelian *ṭilʿ- (“louse”).

Root

*ṭis₁-

to delouse, to seek for insects

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- ⇒ Georgian: ტისნა (ṭisna), ტიზვნა (ṭizvna)
- Zan:
  - ⇒ Laz: ო-ტიშინ-უ, ო-ტიშონ-უ (o-ťişin-u, o-ťişon-u)
  - ⇒ Mingrelian: ტიშონუა (ṭišonua)
⇒? Svan: ატშულე (aṭšule), იტშულა̄ლ (iṭšulāl) (or derived from ტიშ (ṭiš))

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*ṭis₁-wn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 188, links with Proto-Kartvelian *ṭil- (“louse”)
Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 434
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 400, tentatively compares irregular Svan ლითი̄ლე (litīle); links with Proto-Kartvelian *ṭilʿ- (“louse”)
Čuxua, Merab (2018) “Axali masalebi kartuli enis isṭoriul-eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis [New Materials for the Georgian Historical-Etymological Dictionary]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XV, Tbilisi, page 95 of 79–113, adds regular Svan descendant