Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/maṭl-

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

From *maṭl- (“causing spoilage, taint, worm-strike”), the active participle of *ṭl- (“to spoil, to rot, be tainted, be worm-eaten”).

Root

*ma-ṭl-

1. maggot

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: მატლი (maṭli)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: მუნტური (munťuri), მუნტრი (munťri) — Atina, Vizha, Artasheni, Chanapeti
    • Mingrelian: მუნტური (munṭuri)
• Svan: მჷტ (məṭ)

References

• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, 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. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 117

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