Dravidian etymology : List with all references

Proto-South Dravidian : *kac-

Meaning : uncleanness; dirt

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kacaṭu

Tamil meaning : uncleanness, dirtiness, dregs, blemish, fault, imperfection

Tamil derivates : kacaṇṭu dregs; kañcal sweepings, rubbish heap, refuse

Malayalam : kacci

Malayalam meaning : straw, stubble, rubbish

Malayalam derivates : kañcal sweepings, refuse, dirt

Kannada : kasa, kasavu

Kannada meaning : rubbish, sweepings, weed, useless plant, afterbirth, placenta

Kannada derivates : kasaru dust and other impurities; kasakilu a broom; kasabaralu a kind of broom; kasabarige, kasaparige, kasaborige, kasaporige, kasabōrige, kasapōrige id. (for parige see DEDR 4415); kasamara, kasavarige broom

Tulu : kajavu, kajāvu

Tulu meaning : rubbish, sweepings, afterbirth

Tulu derivates : kajilụ, kajelụ afterbirth; (B-K.) kajane rubbish floating on stagnant water; kajè an acid substance accumulated on the teeth by chewing betel leaves; kasa sweepings, rubbish; kasaṇṭụ sediment; kasarụ sediment, dross of smelted iron

Proto-Nilgiri : *kas-

Number in DED : 1088

Nilgiri etymology :

Proto-Nilgiri : *kas-

Meaning : rubbish

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Toda : kosf

Number in DED : 1088

Telugu etymology :

Proto-Telugu : *kas-

Meaning : impurity, dirt, foulness, sin

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : kasaṭu

Additional forms : Also kasavu sweepings; ? gasi sediment of ghee or oil

Number in DED : 1088

North Dravidian etymology :

Proto-North-Dravidian : *kas-ā

Meaning : dirt on the body

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kurukh : kassā "layer of dirt on the body"

Malto : kase

Number in DED : 1088

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *ḳacV ( ~ -c`-)

Meaning: grey, dirt

Indo-European: *k( ́)as-

Kartvelian: *qć-

Dravidian: *kaS-

References: ND 1906 *q̇acV 'gray, white' (Kartv.-IE + dub. SH). Cf. PEC *GoʒV.

Indo-European etymology :

Proto-IE: *k(')as(w)-

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: brilliant grey

Germanic: *xásw-a- adj.

Latin: cānus, -a `grau, aschgrau, grauweiss', cascus, -a `uralt, altersgrau'

Russ. meaning: серый и блестящий

References: WP I 357 f, Buck 67.

Germanic etymology :

Proto-Germanic: *xáswa-

Meaning: grey

IE etymology: IE etymology

Old Norse: hɔs-s `grau'

Old English: hasu (heasu) `grey, ash-coloured, tawny'

Old High German: hasan `grau glänzend, poliert fein'

Middle High German: heswe 'blass, matt'

Pokorny's dictionary :

Number: 850

Root: k̂as-, k̂as-no-

English meaning: gray

German meaning: `grau'

Material: Lat. cānus (*cas-no-s) `grau, aschgrau', pälign. casnar `senex', ahd. hasan `grau glänzend, poliert fein'; sabin.-lat. cas-cus `alt' (ursprüngl. `altersgrau');

anord. hǫss (*kas-u̯o-), ags. hasu `graubraun', mhd. heswe `bleich, matt'.

Dazu die Benennung des Hasen (vgl. russ. sěrják `grauer Hase' : sěryj `grau'):

ai. śaśá- m. (aus *śasá-), afghan. soe, Pāmird. süi; cymr. ceinach (-ach-Erweiterung eines *cein = *k̂asnī `Häsin', Pedersen KG. I 86); ahd. haso, mit gramm. Wechsel ags. hara, anord. heri (eine Ablautsneubildung mit germ. e scheint norw. schwed. mdartl. jase = anord. *hjasi), apr. sasins m. `Hase', sasin-tinklo `Hasengarn', ON Sassenpile `Hasenberg'.

Eine Erweiterung der Stämme *k̂asen- (: k̂as-n-o-) und *k̂aseu̯-, k̂asou̯- (: k̂as-u̯-o-) mit Formans-dho- und Schwundstufe der Wurzelsilbe wird in gr. ξανθός `blond, braun' aus *k̂s-en-dho- (falls ξαν- Verquickung von *ξεν- und *ξα- =*ξn̥-)? und ξουθός angeblich `goldgelb', falls aus *k̂s-ou-dho-, angenommen, aber sehr zweifelhaft.

References: WH. I 156, Hofm. Etym. Gr. Wb. 221, Trautmann 330, Schwyzer Gr. Gr. I 329.

Pages: 533

PIE database: PIE database

Kartvelian etymology :

Proto-Kartvelian: *qć-

Nostratic: Nostratic

Russian meaning: седина

English meaning: grey hair

Georgian: (m)xce-, Old Georg. mqce 'grey hair, grey-haired'

Megrel: č-e 'white', rč- 'to whiten, to be white'

Laz: (k)če-, xče-, čke-

Laz meaning (Rus.): белый

Laz meaning (Eng.): white

Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 267-268, EWK 569-570.