Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/ded-

This Proto-Kartvelian 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-Kartvelian

Etymology

A nursery term.

Noun

*ded(a)-

  1. mother
    Synonym: *nena-
    Antonym: *mam-

Descendants

  • Proto-Georgian-Zan:
    • Old Georgian: დედაჲ (deday)
      • Georgian: დედა (deda)
    • Zan:
  • 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
  • Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) “*ded-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 169
  • Klimov, G. A. (1964) “*deda-”, in Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, page 71
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