Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ṭwin-

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

For brain ~ fat sense development compare the descendants of Proto-Georgian-Zan *kon-.

Noun

*ṭwin-

brain

Descendants

Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Old Georgian: ტჳნი (ṭwini, “brain”)
  - Georgian: ტვინი (ṭvini)
    - → Bats: ტვიჼ (ṭvĩ)
- Zan:
  - Laz: ტვინი (ṭvini, “brain”), წვინი (c̣vini)
  - Mingrelian: ტვენი (ṭveni, “brain”), ტვინი (ṭvini)
⇒ Svan: ატუ̂ი̄ნე (aṭûīne, “fattens up someone/something”), ლჷტუ̂ი̄ნე (ləṭûīne, “fat horse”), ლუტუ̂ი̄ნე (luṭûīne, “fat quadruped animal; fat woman”)

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 433–434
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 398–399
Ḳelauraʒe, Levan (2013), “Damaṭebani kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis [Additional Material for Etymological Dictionary of Kartvelian Languages]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume X, Tbilisi: Dedaena, pages 16–17
Kiria, Č̣abuḳi; Ezugbaia, Lali; Memišiši, Omar; Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 837