Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ṭq̇e-

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

Noun

*ṭq̇e(n)-

1. forest, tree

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: ტყჱ (ṭq̇ē)
    • Georgian: ტყე (ṭq̇e)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: მტკა (mťǩa, “grass; dogrose; blackberry”), მტა (mťa) — Atina, Vizha, Artasheni, ⇒ ტკაში ქოთუმე (ťǩaşi kotume, “woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)”, literally “forest chicken”)
    • Mingrelian: ტყა (ṭq̇a)
• Svan: ტყენ (ṭq̇en, “bludgeon, flail”)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 193
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 444–445
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 411