სიკუდილი

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *ḳwed-, *ḳwd-. Compare მკვდარი (mḳvdari, “dead”) and კვდება (ḳvdeba, “is dying”) from the same source.

Noun

სიკუდილი • (siḳudili)

1. death

Descendants

• Georgian: სიკვდილი (siḳvdili)

References

• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 277
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 91