Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/tagw-

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

*tagw-

1. mouse

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: თაგჳ (tagwi)
    • Georgian: თაგვი (tagvi)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: მთუგი (mtugi), მთუჯი (mtuci) — Atina, მთუი (mtui), მთუჲი (mtuyi) — Vizha, Artasheni, Chanapeti, მთური (mturi) — Chenneti, თუგი (tugi) — Batumi
• Svan: შდუგუ̂ (šdugû, “mouse”), ⇒ ლაშდგუ̂ა̈̄რ (lašdgûǟr, “mousetrap”)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 66
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 225-226
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 186

Further reading

• Gudava, Ṭogo (1960) “O-s u-ši gadasvlis zogierti šemtxveva zanur (megrul-č̣anur) enaši [Some cases of transition of o into u in Zan (Mingrelian-Chan) language]”, in Sakartvelos ssr mecnierebata aḳademiis moambe (in Georgian), volume 25, number 1, Tbilisi, page 119―122
• Mač̣avariani, Givi (1956) “A xmovnis labializaciis šemtxvevebi svanurši [Cases of labialization of the vowel a in Svan]”, in Sakartvelos ssr mecnierebata aḳademiis moambe (in Georgian), number 4, Tbilisi, page 365―368