Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ṭis₁-

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

Etymology

Related to/from Proto-Kartvelian *ṭilʿ- (“louse”).

Root

*ṭis₁-

to delouse, to seek for insects

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- ⇒ Georgian: ტისნა (ṭisna)
- Zan:
  - ⇒ Laz: ოტიშონუ (oṭišonu)
  - ⇒ Mingrelian: ტიშონუა (ṭišonua)
⇒ Svan: ატშულე (aṭšule), იტშულა̄ლ (iṭšulāl)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998), “*ṭis₁-wn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 188
Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 434
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 400
Čuxua, Merab (2018), “Axali masalebi kartuli enis isṭoriul-eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis [New Materials for the Georgian Historical-Etymological Dictionary]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XV, Tbilisi, page 95 of 79–113, adds Svan