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)-

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