Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/tow-

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

*tow-

to snow

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- ⇒ Old Georgian: თოვა (tova, “to snow”), თოვლი (tovli, “snow”)
  - Georgian: თოვა (tova), თოვლი (tovli)
    - ⇒ Georgian: მეთოვლია (metovlia, “gull (Larus spp.)”)
- Zan:
  - ⇒ Laz: ომთუ (omtu, “to snow”), მთუფს (mtups, “snows”), მთური (mturi, “snow”)
  - ⇒ Mingrelian: თუალა (tuala, “to snow”), თუნს (tuns, “snows”), თირი (tiri, “snow”), მათირია (matiria, “gull (Larus spp.)”)
⇒ Svan: ლიშდუ̂ე (lišdûe, “to snow”), შდუუ̂ე (šduûe, “snows”)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998), “*tow-, *tow-l-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 73
Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000), “*tow-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 238–239
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007), “*tow-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 197–198
Kiria, Č̣abuḳi; Ezugbaia, Lali; Memišiši, Omar; Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 796