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Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ded-
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)
- Old Georgian: დედაჲ (deday)
- 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
- Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000), “*ded-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 169
- Климов, Г. А. (1964), “*deda-”, in Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, page 71