Reconstruction:Proto-Nakh/kotam
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-)
Descendants
- Bats: ქოთამ class dd (kotam)
- Vainakh:
References
- Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers: “*kōta-m”