Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/kotam

This Proto-Nakh 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-Nakh

Etymology

A pan-Caucasian cultural word. Compare Proto-Georgian-Zan *katam-; Proto-Circassian *kʲatə; Bezhta гуьдаь (güdä), Hunzib гудо (gudo); Rutul кӏатӏ (ḳaṭ), Tsakhur кӏатӏе (ḳaṭʲe); Abkhaz а-куты (a-kʼutʼə), Abaza квтӏу (kʷtʼu).

Noun

*kotam (stem *kotam-)

1. chicken, hen

Descendants

• Bats: ქოთამ class dd (kotam)
• Vainakh:
  • Chechen: ко̄там class jj (kootam)
  • Ingush: ко̄там class jj (kootam)

References

• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*kōta-m”