Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ṭep-
Proto-Kartvelian
Alternative forms
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-
- to warm oneself
Descendants
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