Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/dutxel-

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

*dutx- (“to be thin”) +‎ *-el

Adjective

*dutx-el- (Fähnrich–Sarǯvelaʒe)

1. thin

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: თხელი (txeli) (← *დთხ-ელ- (*dtx-el-) ← *დუთხ-ელ- (*dutx-el-))
    • Georgian: თხელი (txeli)
  • Zan: *titx-u- ← *dütx-u- ← *dütx-el-
    • Laz: თითხუ (titxu), თუთხუ (tutxu) — Atina, Artasheni, Vitse
    • Mingrelian: თხითხუ (txitxu), თხჷთხუ (txətxu), თხჷთხჷ (txətxə), თხითხი (txitxi), თითხუ (titxu)
• Svan: დჷთხელ (dətxel, “thin”), დო̄თხელ (dōtxel) (← *დუთხ-ელ- (*dutx-el-)), ჷთხერ (ətxer), ⇒ ლიდდთხა̈ლე (liddtxäle, “to thin out”), ლითხელე (litxele, “to make thin”)

References

• Č̣araia, Ṗeṭre (1895) “Megruli dialekṭis natesaobrivi damoḳidebuleba kartultan”, in Moambe‎^[1] (in Georgian), number 12, Tbilisi, page 113
• Topuria, Varlam (1926) “Poneṭiḳuri daḳvirvebani kartvelur enebši I”, in Mimomxilveli (in Georgian), Tiflis, pages 215–216
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*ttx-, *ttx-el-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 70–71
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) “*dutx-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 178–179
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*dutx-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 138–139
• Čuxua, Merab (2007) “*ditx-el-”, in Iberiul-ičkeriul enata šedarebiti gramaṭiḳa (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, page 356, compares to Proto-Nakh *nēlxiᶰ