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Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ṭep-

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

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-

  1. to warm oneself

Descendants
  • Georgian-Zan:
  • → 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), 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
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