Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/ḳadel-

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

Etymology

From *ḳad- +‎ Proto-Kartvelian *-el.

Noun

*ḳad-el-

1. wall

Descendants

• 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