Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ded-

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

A nursery term.

Noun

*ded(a)-

1. mother

   Synonym: *nena-

   Antonym: *mam-

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Old Georgian: დედაჲ (deday)
    • Georgian: დედა (deda)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: დიდა (dida)
    • Mingrelian: დიდა (dida), დია (dia)
• Svan: დედე (dede), დი (di)
• ⇒? Proto-Kartvelian: *deda-l- (“female”) (see there for further descendants)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*deda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 38
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*ded-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 128
• Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) “*ded-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 169
• Klimov, G. A. (1964) “*deda-”, in Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, page 71