Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/taw-

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

*taw-

1. head

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: თავი (tavi), თავთავი (tavtavi), თავადი (tavadi), მთავარი (mtavari)
    • Georgian: თავი (tavi)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: თი (ti)
    • Mingrelian: თი (ti)
• Svan: შდა (šda), შტა (šṭa)

Derived terms

• ⇒ Proto-Georgian-Zan: *taw-da-
  • ⇒ Georgian: თავდაპირველი (tavdaṗirveli, “first”), თავდაყირა (tavdaq̇ira, “upside down”)
  • Zan:
    • ⇒ Laz: თუდელე (tudele, “underneath”)
    • ⇒ Mingrelian: თუდოლე (tudole, “underneath”)

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 226–227
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 186