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-

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 leksiḳon [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, page 87–88
Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000), “*ḳad-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 259–260
Fähnrich, Heinz (2007), “*ḳad-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 217–218