Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/kōṭṭay

This Proto-Dravidian entry contains reconstructed words 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-Dravidian

Etymology

Compare Sanskrit कोट्ट (koṭṭa), कोट (koṭa), whence Telugu కోట (kōṭa), Kannada ಕೋಟೆ (kōṭe). Compare also the unexplained Amharic, Gurage, Tigrinya, Tigre, Ge'ez ከተማ (kätäma, “military camp, garrison, cantonment”); though Ludolf and Dillmann consider the Geʿez in this meaning a vulgar development or Amharism of Ge'ez ከተማ (kätäma, “extremity, fine; tip, apex”)[1], the opposite may be the case.[2]

Noun

*kōṭṭay

fort

Descendants

Southern:
- South-Central:
- Tamil-Kannada:
  - Tamil-Malayalam:
    - Malayalam: കോട്ട (kōṭṭa)
    - Tamil: கோட்டை (kōṭṭai)

References

Thomas Burrow; Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984), “kōṭṭai”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford [Oxfordshire]: Clarendon Press

Dillmann, August (1865), “ከተማ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 852
Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 298

[1] Dillmann, August (1865), “ከተማ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 852

[2] Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 298