Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/txil-

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

*txil-

1. hazelnut

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Georgian: თხილი (txili)
    • → Armenian: տխիլ (txil)
    • → Bats: თხილ (txil)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: ნთხირი (ntxiri), ნთხიჲი (ntxiyi) — alternative spelling, თხირი (txiri), თხიჲი (txiyi) — Chkhala, მთხირი (mtxiri), მთხიჲი (mtxiyi) — Batumi
    • Mingrelian: თხირი (txiri)
• Svan: შდიხ (šdix), შტიხ (šṭix)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 78
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 250
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 208