Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ṭwin-

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

Etymology

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

Noun

*ṭwin-

  1. brain

Descendants

  • Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • ⇒ 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
  • Fähnrich, Heinz; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000), Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 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
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