Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/tal-

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-

  1. gull

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
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