Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ṭep-

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

Alternative forms

• *ṭp-

Etymology

Has been derived from Proto-Indo-European *tep-, but according to Starostin this is unlikely.

Gamkrelidze believes the opposite direction of borrowing to be also possible, due to entirely normal Kartvelian structure.

Root

*ṭep-

1. to warm oneself

Descendants

• Georgian-Zan:
  • Laz: ტუბუ (ťubu)
  • Mingrelian: ტუბუ (ṭubu)
  • Old Georgian: ტფილი (ṭpili)
    • Georgian: თბილი (tbili)
• → Proto-Indo-European: *tep- (possibly)
• Svan: ტებიდ (ṭebid)

Further reading

• Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 431
• Starostin, S. A. (2005) “*ṭep- / ṭp-”, in Kartvelian etymological database compiled on the basis of G. Klimov's and Fähnrich-Sarjveladze's etymological dictionaries of Kartvelian languages