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:
  • Old Georgian: ტჳნი (ṭwini, “brain”)
    • Georgian: ტვინი (ṭvini)
      • → Bats: ტვიჼ (ṭvĩ)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: ტვინი (ťvini, “brain”), წვინი (ǯvini)
    • 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), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State 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