Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ṭl-

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

Root

*ṭl-

1. to spoil, rot, be tainted, be worm-eaten

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: ტლობა (ṭloba)
    • Georgian: სატლობა (saṭloba)
  • Georgian: სატლი (saṭli), სატალი (saṭali)

Derived terms

• *maṭl- (“maggot”)
• *sxmarṭl- (“medlar”) (possibly)

References

• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 438–439
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 405
• Klimov, G. A. (1964) Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, page 190
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 190

Further reading

• Fenwick, Rhona S. H. (2017) “An Indo-European origin of Kartvelian names for two maloid fruits”, in Iran and the Caucasus‎^[1], volume 21, pages 310-323