Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/ḳad-

This Proto-Georgian-Zan 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-Georgian-Zan

Root

*ḳad-

1. to partition, divide; to erect, build

Descendants

• Zan:
  • ⇒ Laz: ოკოდუ (oǩodu), ოკიდუ (oǩidu), კოდუმს (ǩodums), მკიდალე (mǩidale)
  • ⇒ Mingrelian: კიდუა (ḳidua), კიდუნს (ḳiduns)

Derived terms

• ⇒ Proto-Georgian-Zan: *ḳad-el- (“wall”)
  • Old Georgian: კედელი (ḳedeli)
    • Georgian: კედელი (ḳedeli)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: კოდა (ǩoda), კიდა (ǩida)
    • Mingrelian: კიდალა (ḳidala)

References

• Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, page 164
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*ḳed-, *ḳ(e)d-el-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 87–88
• Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) “*ḳad-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, pages 259–260
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*ḳad-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 217–218