Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/tal-
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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
*tal-
Descendants
- Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- ⇒ Svan: შდაუ̂ალ (šdaûal, “swallow”)
References
- Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 295
Further reading
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*tawal-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 187, derives Georgian თოლია (tolia), მეთოვლია (metovlia), Svan შდაუ̂ალ (šdaûal) from Proto-Kartvelian *tawal-. თოლია (tolia), however, is typically considered a Mingrelian borrowing; furthermore, Georgian მეთოვლია (metovlia) is structurally repeated by Mingrelian მათირია (matiria), both deriving from თოვლი (tovli, “snow”) and თირი (tiri) respectively