Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ṭq̇wec-

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Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ṭq̇wec-

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

Reconstruction

Čuxua derives Georgian ტყვციალი (ṭq̇vciali, “?”) from this root without giving its definition.[1][2] Fähnrich remarks that the Georgian material fits phonetically, but he's unable to find such a word.[3]

In his 2007 work, Čuxua compares Chechen ткъес (ṭq̇es), ткъосиг (ṭq̇osig), Ingush ткъес (ṭq̇es, “lightning”).[2]

Root

*ṭq̇wec-

1. to strike

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • ⇒? Georgian: ტყვციალი (ṭq̇vciali, This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.)
  • Zan:
    • ⇒ Laz: ოტკვაცუ (oṭḳvacu, “bursting, exploding”), ტკვაცუ(ნ) (ṭḳvacu(n), “bursts, cracks”)
    • ⇒ Mingrelian: ტყვაცი (ṭq̇vaci, “lightning”), ტყვაცაფი (ṭq̇vacapi, “crackling (of lightning)”), ტყვაცუა (ṭq̇vacua, “thundering”)
• ⇒ Svan: ლიტყცი (liṭq̇ci, “striking, thrusting, beating”)

Further reading

• Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳon [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, page 316―317

References

1. Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 218
2. Čuxua, Merab (2007) Iberiul-ičkeriul enata šedarebiti gramaṭiḳa [Ibero-Ichkerian Comparative Grammar]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, page 500
3. Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 413