Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ṭus-

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

*ṭus-

to sear, scorch, burn, incense

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- ⇒ Old Georgian: ტუსვაჲ (ṭusvay)
- Zan: *ṭuc-
  - ⇒ Laz: ოტუცანუ (oṭucanu)
  - ⇒ Mingrelian: ტუცუა (ṭucua)
⇒ Svan: ლიტუ̄სე (liṭūse)

References

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 442
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 409
Čuxua, Merab (2007) Iberiul-ičkeriul enata šedarebiti gramaṭiḳa [Ibero-Ichkerian Comparative Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, page 497
Ḳelauraʒe, Levan (2014), “Damaṭebani kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis - II [Addenda to Etymological Dictionary of Kartvelian Languages - II]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XI, Tbilisi: Dedaena, pages 27–28