Altaic etymology :

Proto-Altaic: *kòt`V ( ~ k`-, -u-)

Nostratic: Nostratic

Meaning: village, locality

Russian meaning: деревня, местность

Turkic: *Kutu

Mongolian: *koto

Korean: *kót

Comments: EAS 154, SKE 127.

Turkic etymology :

Proto-Turkic: *Kutu

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: group of people

Russian meaning: группа людей

Karakhanid: qutu (KB)

Comments: EDT 596.

Mongolian etymology :

Proto-Mongolian: *koto

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: 1 town, group of huts 2 family, home

Russian meaning: 1 город, деревня 2 семья, дом

Written Mongolian: qota(n), qotu(n) (L 972) 1

Middle Mongolian: qutan 'hurdle' (MA), qoton (SH, HYt)

Khalkha: xot 1

Buriat: xoto(n) 1

Kalmuck: xotn, xotǝ 1

Ordos: Goto 1, 'cote'

Dongxian: ? kide 2

Baoan: kute, kete 2

Dagur: xoton, koton 1 (Тод. Даг. 178)

Shary-Yoghur: χoto 1

Monguor: kudu (SM 206) 2

Comments: KW 190, MGCD 368. Mong. > Kirgh., Chag. qotan; Evk. koton etc. (Doerfer MT 81, Rozycki 109).

Korean etymology :

Proto-Korean: *kót

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: place, locality

Russian meaning: место, местность

Modern Korean: kot [kos]

Middle Korean: kót

Comments: Nam 50, KED 164.

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *koṭV

Meaning: village

Borean: Borean

Indo-European: *kat-

Altaic: *kòt`V ( ~ k`-, -u-)

Uralic: *kota

Dravidian: *k̂oṭ- (+ SD *kuḍ- 'house, hut, family')

References: Tyler 82; ND 1225 *Ḳoṭa ~ *Ḳota 'fence, wall'; 1907 *q̇ud[i] 'house, hut' (?).

Indo-European etymology :

Proto-IE: *kat-

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: hut, shed

Avestan: kata- m. 'Kammer, Vorratskammer, Keller od. dgl.'

Other Iranian: NPers kad 'Haus'

Slavic: *kotъ, *kotьcь

Germanic: *xáɵ-Vr-a n., *xḗɵ-iōn- f.

Latin: ? casa f. `Häuschen, Hütte (aus Laub, Stroh, fürs Vieh), Baracke, Lagerhütte'; ? catēna f. `Kette, Fessel, Klammerhölzer', cassis, -is m. `Jägergarn, Netz, Spinngewebe'; ? castrum, -ī `mit Mauern oder Schanzen umgebener Ort, Fort'

Celtic: Cymr cader `saeptum, castrum, locus munitus'; OIr cathir `Stadt'

Russ. meaning: хижина, сарай, загородка

References: WP I 338

Comments: Some confusion with *kat- 'troop'.

Vasmer's dictionary :

Germanic etymology :

Proto-Germanic: *xáɵVra-n, *xḗɵiōn

Meaning: chamber

IE etymology: IE etymology

Gothic: *hēɵjō f. (n) `chamber'

Old English: heaɵor n. `enclosure, prison', heaɵorian wk. `enclose, hide'

Pokorny's dictionary :

Number: 948

Root: kē̆t-, kot-

English meaning: dwelling space

German meaning: `Wohnraum' (ursprüngl. `Erdloch als Wohngrube'?)

Material: Av. kata- m. `Kammer, Vorratskammer, Keller od. dgl.' (: got. hēþjō), npers. kad `Haus', woraus finn. kota; aber über anord. kot `schlechte Hütte', kytja `Hütte', ags. cot `Hütte, Kammer' usw. s. oben S. 393 f.;

    got. hēþjō `Kammer';

    ksl. kotьcь `cella, Nest' usw.; falls `Wohngrube, Loch in der Erde' die ursprüngliche Bedeutung, würden sich anreihen lassen:

    gr. κοτύλη, κότυλος `Hohlung', weiter `hohles Gefäß, Schale, Becher';

    lat. catīnus `eine Schüssel zum Speisenauftragen' (Demin. catillus, daraus got. katils, dt. Kessel, daraus wieder abg. kotъlъ, lit. kãtilas) = ags. heden `Kochgeschirr'.

References: WP. I 383 f., WH. I 176, 182.

Pages: 586-587

PIE database: PIE database

Uralic etymology :

Number: 373

Proto: *kota

> Nostratic: > Nostratic

English meaning: hut, hovel, house

German meaning: Zelt, Hütte, Haus

Finnish: kota 'Zelt, Hütte der Lappen; Viehküche'

Estonian: koda (gen. koa) 'Haus, Gebäude, Vorhaus'

Saam (Lapp): goatte -đ- (N) 'tent; Lapp hut', kā̊htē (L), ki̊ø_itte (T), kuø_itt (Kld.), kuo_iht (Not.), kø_it (A) 'id.; Tasche, Beutel'

Mordovian: kudo (E), kud (M) 'Haus, Wohnstube'

Mari (Cheremis): kuδǝ̑ (KB), kuδo (U) 'die tscheremissische Sommerhütte', kuδo (B) 'ein Haus auf dem Hofe'

Udmurt (Votyak): kor-ka 'Haus', vu-ko 'Mühle' (S), kwa-la (K) 'wotjakische Sommerhütte', kor-ka (G) 'Haus, Stube'

Komi (Zyrian): ker-ka (S), ker-ku (P), ke^.r-ku, ko^.r-ku (P) 'Haus', vić-ko (S), vić-ku (P) 'Kirche'

Khanty (Ostyak): kat (V), χot (DN), χat (O) 'Haus'

Hungarian: ház (acc. házat) 'Haus, Familie, altung. Zimmer'

Sammalahti's version: *kota

Dravidian etymology :

Proto-Dravidian : *k̂oṭ-

Meaning : 1 shed 2 hamlet

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Proto-South Dravidian: *koṭ-

Proto-Telugu : *koṭṭ-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *koṭ-k-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *koṭ-

Proto-North Dravidian : *koṭ-

South Dravidian etymology :

Proto-South Dravidian :

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kampu, kampam-pul

Tamil meaning : bulrush millet, Italian millet

Malayalam : kampu

Malayalam meaning : bulrush millet, Italian millet

Malayalam derivates : kampam a grain; kamp-ari Holcus spicatus

Kannada : kambu

Kannada meaning : Holcus spicatus

Number in DED : 1242

Telugu etymology :

Proto-Telugu : *koṭṭ-

Meaning : stable for cattle or horses

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : koṭṭā̆mu

Additional forms : Also koṭṭāyi thatched shed

Number in DED : 2058

Kolami-Gadba etymology :

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *koṭ-k-

Meaning : shed

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kolami : konṭoḍi "(Pat.) henhouse"

Kinwat Kolami : koṛka "cowshed"

Kolami (Setumadhava Rao) : korkā "cowshed"

Naikri : khoṭa "cowshed"

Naiki : koṛka "cowshed"

Number in DED : 2058

Gondwan etymology :

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *koṭ-

Meaning : shed

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Proto-Gondi : *koṭ-kā

Gondi etymology :

Proto-Gondi : *koṭ-kā

Meaning : cowshed

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Mandla Gondi (Williamson) : koṛka

Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : korka, kurka

Gommu Gondi : koṛka

Muria Gondi : koṛka

Maria Gondi : koṛka

Koya Gondi : koṭam (pl. koṭak)

Yeotmal Gondi : koṭa

Adilabad Gondi : koṭka "(SR) shed"

Additional forms : Also Gondi_Mu koṭorla, koṭorli shed for goats

Number in DED : 2058

Number in CVOTGD : 880, 886, 884

North Dravidian etymology :

Proto-North-Dravidian : *koṭ-

Meaning : hamlet

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Malto : koṭa

Number in DED : 2058

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : KVTV

Meaning : village, house

Eurasiatic : *koṭV

Afroasiatic : *kVṭ- / *kVt- 'wall, house' (Sem., Omot.)

Sino-Caucasian : *Gwā́[ṭ]V̆

Reference : ND 1225.

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *Gwā́[ṭ]V̆

Meaning: way, road, passage

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *G_wāṭV

Yenisseian: *qoʔt (~χ-)

Comments and references : HGC 34; different in NSC 56.

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *G_wāṭV

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: street, block, village

Proto-Nakh: *pħēṭa

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *q̇:ʷaṭV

Proto-Lak: q̇aṭ

Proto-Dargwa: *q:ʷaṭ

Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. The root is close phonetically to *q̇_ɦwaṭɨ 'ravine, mountain pass' (q.v.), but the two roots are opposed in several subgroups, so it seems best to keep them separate (although they tend to contaminate).

Nakh etymology :

Proto-Nakh: *pħēṭa

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a village (high in the mountains)

Chechen: pħēda

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *q̇:ʷaṭV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: street

Avar: q̇:ʷaṭ 1

Andian language: q̇:ʷaṭa (Khaidakov) 1

Akhvakh: q̇:ʷaṭa

Tindi: q̇:ʷaṭa

Karata: q̇:ʷaṭa

Godoberi: q̇:ʷaṭi

Comments: Av. paradigm B ~ C (gen. q̇:ʷaṭú-l). Av. q̇:ʷaṭ > Arch. q̇ʷaṭ 'street', Gunz. q̇aṭ 'street' (Bok.).

Lak etymology :

Lak root: q̇aṭ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: community, folk assembly

Lak form: q̇aṭ

Comments: The meaning 'street' is present in locative derivates (e.g. q̇aṭuw 'on the street'). The Khosrekh form is not attested, but Khaidakov (1966) spells the Lak. word as q̇ʷaṭ.

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *q:ʷaṭ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: street-block

Akusha: q:ʷaṭ (Ur.)

Comments: Cf. also Kub. q:at:ala, Kharb. q:at:i 'street' (with assimilation ṭ > t:).

Yenisseian etymology :

Proto-Yenisseian: *qoʔt (~χ-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: way, road

Ket: qɔʔt, pl. qɨ̄nǝŋ¹

Yug: xɔʔt, pl. xɨneŋ¹

Arin: kat (Сл.) "road"; kut (М., Кл., Ф.) id.; kol-kut (Лоск.) id.

Pumpokol: koat (Сл.) "road"

Comments: ССЕ 261. The plural forms in Ket and Yug in fact belong to the paradigm of a different word - *χ[ɨ]χ q.v. Werner 2, 123 *qɔʔt.

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