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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *s₁tagw- (Klimov, 1964; Gamq̇reliʒe-Mačavariani)
  • *tʲagw- (Schmidt, 1962)
  • *ƛagw- (Ḳelauraʒe, 2012; Holst, 2014)

Root

*tagw- (Klimov, 1998; Fähnrich-Sarǯvelaʒe)

  1. mouse

Descendants

  • Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Svan: შდუგუ̂ (šdugû) (← *štagw-)

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

  • 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
  • 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
  • Schmidt, Karl Horst (1962) Studien zur Rekonstruktion des Lautstandes der südkaukasischen Grundsprache (Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes; XXXIV, 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 75
  • Gigineišvili, Bakar (1987) “Kartvelur enata bgeratšesaṭq̇visobidan: kart. t : zan. t : svan. šd [From sound correspondences in Kartvelian languages: Georgian t : Zan t : Svan šd]”, in Elguǯa Xintibiʒe, editor, Aḳaḳi šaniʒe – 100: saiubileo ḳrebuli [Aḳaḳi Šaniʒe – 100: anniversary collection] (in Georgian), pages 52–60
  • Ḳelauraʒe, Levan (2012) “Kartul-zanuri t : svanuri št/šd/šṭ bgeratpardobis axleburi inṭerṗreṭaciisatvis burušuli enis monacemta gatvalisc̣inebit”, in XXXII resṗubliḳuri dialekṭologiuri samecniero sesiis masalebi (in Georgian), Tbilisi, pages 36-37
  • Holst, Jan Henrik (2014) Sanische historische Lautlehre (in German), Aachen: Shaker Verlag, →ISBN, pages 159–164