Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/tik-

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

Root

*tik-

to stick, drive in

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- ⇒ Georgian: ნა-თქ-ის-ელ-ა-ი (na-tk-is-el-a-i, “tiny stick; toothpick”) – Guria
Svan: შდიქ (šdik), შტიქ (šṭik, “tooth”), ⇒ ხ-ა-შდკ-ჷნ-ე (x-a-šdḳ-ən-e, “drives in”)

References

Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 196–197