Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ṭwar-

This Proto-Kartvelian entry contains reconstructed terms 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

*ṭwar- : *ṭwr-

to light up; to kindle

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- ⇒ Old Georgian: ტრიობა (ṭrioba) (← *ტურ-ი-ობ-ა (*ṭur-i-ob-a))
- Zan: *ṭor- ~ *ṭur-
  - ⇒ Laz: ოტურუ (oṭuru), ოტორუ (oṭoru)
  - ⇒ Mingrelian: ტურაფა (ṭurapa)
⇒ Svan: ლიტუ̂არ (liṭûar), ლეტუ̂რე (leṭûre)

References

Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 187
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 433
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 398
Kiria, Č̣abuḳi; Ezugbaia, Lali; Memišiši, Omar; Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 839