< Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian
Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ṭq̇e-
Proto-Kartvelian
Noun
*ṭq̇e(n)-
- forest, tree
Descendants
- Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Old Georgian: ტყჱ (ṭq̇ē)
- Georgian: ტყე (ṭq̇e)
- Zan:
- Laz: ტკა (ṭḳa, “grass; dogrose; blackberry”), ⇒ ტკაში ქოთუმე (ṭḳaši kotume, “woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)”, literally “forest chicken”)
- Mingrelian: ტყა (ṭq̇a)
- Old Georgian: ტყჱ (ṭq̇ē)
- Svan: ტყენ (ṭq̇en, “bludgeon, flail”)
References
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 193
- 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, pages 444–445
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 411