Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ṭwar-

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

*ṭwar- : *ṭwr-

1. to light up; to kindle

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • ⇒ Old Georgian: ტრიობა (ṭrioba) (← *ტურ-ი-ობ-ა (*ṭur-i-ob-a))
  • Zan: *ṭor- ~ *ṭur-
    • ⇒ Laz: ოტურუ (oťuru), ოტორუ (oťoru)
    • ⇒ Mingrelian: ტურაფა (ṭurapa)
• ⇒ Svan: ლიტუ̂არ (liṭûar), ლეტუ̂რე (leṭûre)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 187
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 433
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 398
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 839