Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kakka-
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This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably a Lallwort of imitative/expressive origin. Calvert Watkins claimed in particular: "imitative of glottal closure during defecation".
Root
[edit]*kakka-
Derived terms
[edit]Category Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kakka- not found
- *kak(k)-eh₂-yé-ti
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *kākā́ˀtei
- Proto-Hellenic: *kakkajō
- Proto-Italic: *kakāō
- *kak(k)-eh₂
- Unsorted formations
- Armenian:
References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “κακκάω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 619
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “κακκάω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 619
Further reading
[edit]- Pokorny, Julius (1959), “*kakka-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 521
- Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*kak(k)ehₐi̯e/o-”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 187: “defecate”