Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/taw-

This Proto-Kartvelian entry contains reconstructed words 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-

head

Descendants

Georgian-Zan: *taw-da
- Georgian: *თავდა (*tavda, “head over heels”) (→ თავდაპირველი (tavdaṗirveli, “first”), თავდაყირა (tavdaq̇ira, “upside down”), etc.)
- Laz: *თუდე (*tude) (→ თუდელე (tudele, “enlarged”))
- Mingrelian: *თუდო (*tudo) (→ თუდოლე (tudole, “underneath”))
Georgian-Zan:
- Laz: თი (ti)
- Mingrelian: თი (ti)
- Old Georgian: თავი (tavi)
  - Georgian: თავი (tavi), თავთავი (tavtavi), თავადი (tavadi), მთავარი (mtavari), etc.
Svan: შდა (šda), შტა (šṭa)

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