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-

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
Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) “*ḳad-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: 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