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Kolami-Gadba etymology :

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Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *cīkaḍ
Meaning : darkness
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Kinwat Kolami : cīkaṭi
Kolami (Setumadhava Rao) : cīkaṭ "dark"
Parji : cīkoḍ (pl. cīkocil) "darkness, night"
Ollari Gadba : sīkaṭ
Salur Gadba : cīkaṭ
Number in DED : 2604
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *cīkaṭ-
Meaning : darkness
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-Telugu : *cīkaṭ-
Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *cīkaḍ
Proto-Gondi-Kui : *sīkaṭ- (*c-)
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Telugu etymology :

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Proto-Telugu : *cīkaṭ-
Meaning : darkness, obscurity, gloom, dark
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Telugu : cī̃kaṭi
Additional forms : Also cī̃jī̃kaṭi twilight; cīku a blind person; blind
Number in DED : 2604
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Gondwan etymology :

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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *sīkaṭ- (*c-)
Meaning : darkness
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Proto-Gondi : *sīkāṭ-i
Konda : sīkaṭ(i)
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Gondi etymology :

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Proto-Gondi : *sīkāṭ-i
Meaning : darkness
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Betul Gondi : sikāṭī "pitch darkness"
Mandla Gondi (Williamson) : sīkāṭī
Muria Gondi : īkaṛ "darkness, night"
Seoni Gondi : hīkaḍ "darkness, night"
Koya Gondi : īkaṛ
Maria Gondi (Mitchell) : ikāṛ
Adilabad Gondi : sikāṭi
Notes : Gondi_Mu is irregular (*hīkaṛ would be expected), probably re-borrowed from another dialect.
Number in DED : 2604
Number in CVOTGD : 3379
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Konda etymology :

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Konda : sīkaṭ(i)
Meaning: darkness
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Number in DED : 2604
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *cVḳVṭV (?)
Meaning: dark
Indo-European: *skot-
Uralic: *čettV (+ FP *ćōttE 'black')
Kartvelian: Georg. c̣q̇udeva 'darkness'
Dravidian: *cīkaṭ-
References: ND 371 *ć̣oQṭV 'dark' (Kartv. + IE + FP).
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *skat(w)-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: darkness
Old Greek: skóto-s m., skótos n. `Finsternis, Dunkel; Schwindel'
Germanic: *skadw-á- m., *skadw-ṓ f., *skadw-iō(n-) f.
Celtic: OIr scāth `Schatten', MCymr cy-scawd, NCymr cy-sgod, OCorn scod, Bret squeut `id.'
Russ. meaning: мрак
References: WP II 600
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *skadwá-z, *skadwṓ, *skadwiō(n)
Meaning: shadow
IE etymology: IE etymology
Gothic: skadu-s m. (u) `shadow'; *ufar-skadwjan wk. `overshadow'
Norwegian: skodde `Nebel', dial. skadda, skodda `nevel'
Old English: sceadu, gen. sceaduwe (sceadwe, sceade) f. `Schatten'; { scead, angl. scad }
Middle English: sceadewe
English: shade, shadow
East Frisian: Fris skaed
Old Saxon: skado
Middle Dutch: scāduwe, scāde f., m.
Dutch: schaduw f., dial. skad
Old Franconian: scado
Middle Low German: schāde
Old High German: scato, gen. -awes `Schatten' (8.Jh.)
Middle High German: schate st./wk. m., schate, schɛte st. f.; schatewe, schetewe wk. m. 'schatten; spiegelbild'
German: Schatten m.
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 1761
Root: skot-
English meaning: shadow, darkness
German meaning: `Schatten, Dunkel'
Material: Gr. σκότος `Dunkelheit' (m., später n.); air. (dehnstufig) scāth n. `Schatten, Schutz, Spiegel'; mcymr. isgaud, cy-sgawd, cymr. cy-sgod, acorn. scod, neucorn. skēz, bret. skeud `Schatten'; got. skadus m., ags. sceadu f., scead n., ahd. scato, -awes `Schatten', norw. skodda, skadda `Nebel'.
References: WP. II 600.
Pages: 957
PIE database: PIE database
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 1765
Proto: *čettV
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: to become dark
German meaning: dunkel, finster werden
Khanty (Ostyak): čĕtimǝ- (DN) 'dämmern, dunkeln'
Mansi (Vogul): šät-khur (LM LU) 'Dämmerung', šǟtǝp- (KU), satap- (So.), šätep- (P), jäl-šätem- (LM) 'finster werden'
Hungarian: sötét, sëtét 'finster, dunkel'
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