Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ṭl-

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

Unknown.

Root

*ṭl-

to spoil, rot, be tainted, be worm-eaten

Derived terms

*maṭl- ('maggot')
*sxmarṭl- ('medlar')

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Old Georgian: ტლობა (ṭloba)
  - Georgian: სატლობა (saṭloba)
- Georgian: სატლი (saṭli), სატალი (saṭali)

References

Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 405
Fenwick, Rhona S. H. (2017) , “An Indo-European origin of Kartvelian names for two maloid fruits”, in Iran and the Caucasus‎, volume 21, pages 310-323
Klimov, G. A. (1964) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kartvelʹskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: USSR Academy of Sciences, page 190