Altaic etymology :

Proto-Altaic: *p`ṓt`è

Nostratic: Nostratic

Meaning: hole

Russian meaning: дыра

Turkic: *ǖt

Mongolian: *hütü-

Tungus-Manchu: *putē

Korean: *pot

Japanese: *pǝtǝ

Comments: KW 460, Poppe 112, Poppe 1950, Lee 1958, 109, Ozawa 140-141, Цинциус 1984, 66.

Turkic etymology :

Proto-Turkic: *ǖt

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: hole

Russian meaning: дыра

Old Turkic: üt (OUygh.)

Karakhanid: üt (MK)

Khakassian: üt

Oyrat: üt

Halaj: hị̄t

Yakut: ǖt

Dolgan: ǖt

Tuva: üt

Kirghiz: üt

Comments: EDT 36, VEWT 524, ЭСТЯ 1, 639-640, Stachowski 255.

Mongolian etymology :

Proto-Mongolian: *hütü-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: vulva

Russian meaning: vulva

Written Mongolian: ütügü(ü) (L 1014)

Middle Mongolian: [o]tkeon (IM), hutukun (MA), hotugūn (Lig.VMI)

Khalkha: ütrē

Kalmuck: ütgṇ

Ordos: ütügü

Monguor: sdogu (SM 337)

Mogol: utkun (Weiers); ZM odkun (3-5a), KT idkun (Lig.VMI 35)

Comments: KW 460.

Tungus etymology :

Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *putē

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: 1 hole 2 to break through 3 nostril

Russian meaning: 1 дыра 2 пробивать 3 ноздря

Literary Manchu: feteri 3

Orok: putē 1, putē- 2

Nanai: putē- 2 (Он.)

Comments: ТМС 2, 43, 305.

Korean etymology :

Proto-Korean: *pot-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: vulva

Russian meaning: vulva

Modern Korean: pōǯi, dial. podäŋi

Comments: KED 794.

Japanese etymology :

Proto-Japanese: *pǝtǝ

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: vulva

Russian meaning: vulva

Old Japanese: p(w)oto

Comments: JLTT 415.

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *p`u[ṭ]V

Meaning: hole, vulva

Borean: Borean

Indo-European: *pout-

Altaic: *p`ṓt`è

Uralic: put3

Kartvelian: *bud- / *puṭ- (+770)

Dravidian: *pot-

References: МССНЯ 340; ND 1834 *pu(w)ṭE ~ *ṗu(w)ṭE 'hole' (with dub. IE).

Indo-European etymology :

Proto-IE: *pAut-

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: cunnus, etc.

Old Indian: puta- m. (du.) `buttocks' (L.)

Baltic: *paũt-a- (2) c.

Germanic: *fud=, *futt=

Latin: prae-pūtium, -ī n. `Vorhaut'

Celtic: *putu-s > Ir uth `Euter'

Russ. meaning: cunnus etc.

References: WP II 79 f

Baltic etymology :

Proto-Baltic: *paũt-a- (2) c.

Meaning: egg, testicle

Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology

Lithuanian: paũta-s `Ei, Hode'

Lettish: pàuts `Ei; Hode'

Old Prussian: pawtte `Eier' Grunau 74

Germanic etymology :

Proto-Germanic: *fud=, *futt=

Meaning: cunnus, podex

IE etymology: IE etymology

Old Norse: fuδ- `vulva', futta `id.'

Norwegian: fud, fu

Old Swedish: Run. fuɵ

English: dial. fud `podex, cunnus'

Dutch: hondsvot `Schurke'

Middle Low German: vut

Middle High German: futze, fotze wk. f. 'vulva'

Uralic etymology :

Number: 839

Proto: *putV

> Nostratic: > Nostratic

English meaning: thick intestine

German meaning: Dickdarm, Mastdarm

Saam (Lapp): pu̮Ht́ɛGɛ̮ 'Mastdarm' (S) ?

Khanty (Ostyak): pŭtǝ (Ni.) 'Dickdarm, Mastdarm', pŭtĭ (Kaz.) 'Dickdarm, Mastdarm (des Rentiers); ein länglicher Sack im Bauch, in der Nähe des Magens' ?

Mansi (Vogul): puti (N) 'толстая, жирная кишка' ?

Kartvelian etymology :

Proto-Kartvelian: *bud-

Nostratic: Nostratic

Russian meaning: гнездо

English meaning: nest

Georgian: bude-

Megrel: bude-

Svan: bid-, bud-

Svan meaning (Rus.): vulva

Svan meaning (Eng.): vulva

Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 54, EWK 66. Возможно, экспрессивный вариант того же корня, который налицо в сван. puṭu "дыра"; ср. далее алт. *p`ut`e 'дыра', урал. *putV 'rectum' < ностр. *ṗu[ṭ]V (МССНЯ 340). Сходный корень налицо и в ПВК *pūṭi / *būṭi '(женские) гениталии'.

Dravidian etymology :

Proto-Dravidian : *pot-

Meaning : to pierce, perforate

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Proto-South Dravidian: *pot-

Proto-Telugu : *bott-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *pot-p-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *pot-

Proto-North Dravidian : *pat-

Notes : Telugu b- probably by analogy with *bok- 'hole'. Cf. also Parji botta hole (borrowed from Telugu?)

South Dravidian etymology :

Proto-South Dravidian : *pot-

Meaning : to perforate, bore; hole

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : potir (-pp-, -tt-)

Tamil meaning : to pierce

Tamil derivates : potu (-v-, -nt-) to be perforated; (-pp-, -tt-) to bore, pierce; potumpu hole, hollow in a tree, pit, cave; pottu hole, rat-hole, hollow in a tree, rent or puncture, defect; pottal, pottai hole, orifice, defect; pottilam hole in a tree

Malayalam : pottu

Malayalam meaning : hole in the ground, cavity, hollow hand

Malayalam derivates : pōtu a hole as in worm-eaten wood

Kannada : hodaru

Kannada meaning : hollow of a tree, hole in the ground

Number in DED : 4452

Telugu etymology :

Proto-Telugu : *bott-

Meaning : hole, leak

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : botta

Number in DED : 4452

Kolami-Gadba etymology :

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *pot-p-

Meaning : chisel

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Parji : potpa, poppa "a chisel"

Number in DED : 4452

Gondwan etymology :

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *pot-

Meaning : to bore, perforate

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Proto-Gondi : *poh-pi

Konda : pot- (-t-)

Proto-Pengo-Manda : *pot-

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *pot-

Gondi etymology :

Proto-Gondi : *poh-pi

Meaning : chisel

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : pohpī

Mandla Gondi (Williamson) : pohpī

Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : pohpī

Maria Gondi : poʔpi

Number in DED : 4452

Number in CVOTGD : 2432

Konda etymology :

Konda : pot- (-t-)

Meaning: to bore, perforate (BB)

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Number in DED : 4452

Pengo-Manda etymology :

Proto-Pengo-Manda : *pot-

Meaning : to bore, perforate

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Pengo : pot- (-t-)

Number in DED : 4452

Kui-Kuwi etymology :

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *pot-

Meaning : to pierce, hole

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : pospa (post-) "to pierce, bore a hole, mortise; n. act of piercing, mortising"

Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : pōthali "to hollow out"

Kuwi (Schulze) : poth'nai "to hole"

Kuwi (Israel) : pot- (-h-) "to make a hole (in wood, etc.)"

Additional forms : Also Kui pondo hole; ? bojo wood dust resulting from dry rot

Number in DED : 4452

North Dravidian etymology :

Proto-North-Dravidian : *pat-

Meaning : to pierce, perforate, tap with a chisel

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kurukh : pattnā

Malto : pattre

Additional forms : Also KUR pattā chisel to dig a hole in a piece of wood.

Number in DED : 4452

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : PVTV

Meaning : vulva

Eurasiatic : *p`u[ṭ]V

Afroasiatic : *p/fVʔw(-at)-

Sino-Caucasian : *[p]ūṭi

Austric : PAN *bediq, *betiq 'vulva, vagina' (or *lubet, lebut 'buttocks, bottom')

Amerind (misc.) : *pet(u) 'vagina' (R 811; actually, only Equat.)

Reference : ND 1834; GE 39 *puti (+ NiC, NS, ?Austral.).

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *p/fVʔw(-at)- (?)

Meaning: vulva

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *paʔw/y-at- 'genital organ'

Western Chadic: *fut- 'hole' - cf.

Low East Cushitic: *fut- 'vulva'1, 'anus' 2

Notes: Scarce data.

Semitic etymology :

Number: 2170

Proto-Semitic: *paʔw/y-at-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: genital organ

Arabic: faʔwā 'gland de la verge' [BK 2 531]

Harari: fōy 'pelvic region, lap' [LH 66]

Gurage: CHA MUH MSQ fǝyä, GYE fiyä, EZ̆A fǝyyä, ENN END GYE fiʔä 'female genital organs, clitoris' [LGur 252]

Notes: Problematic: scarce attestation only in ARB and S. ETH; meanings rather diverse.

    On a possibility of interpreting HBR pōt as 'female genitals' see *pVʔ-at- 'face, front', No. .

    Cf. probably related ETH: GEZ fawt 'dissolute woman' [LGz 172] (otherwise from fota, fawata 'to err, stray' [ibid.]); TGR fāytät 'prostitute' [LH 666] (<*fay-t-at, -t understood as a part of the stem, to which a second feminine suffix -at was attached?), fäytätä 'to have illicit intercourse' [ibid.]; TNA fäytätä 'darsi alla mala vida, alla prostituzione (di donna) e al libertinaggio (di uomo)' [Bass 1011].

    [LH 66]: HAR, GUR

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *fut-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'hole'

Angas: fut [Fl]

Low East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *fut-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'vulva' 1, 'anus' 2

Somali: futo 1

Oromo (Galla): futee 2

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *[b]ūṭi

Meaning: vulva

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *pūṭi / *būṭi (~ -e)

Sino-Tibetan: [*PVt]

Burushaski: *bot

Basque: *pot

Comments and references : NSC 61 *pVṭV.

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *pūṭi / *būṭi (~ -e)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: genitals (mostly female)

Proto-Nakh: *buṭ ( ~ -ū-)

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *buṭa

Proto-Tsezian: *bɨṭV A ( ~ -i-)

Proto-Lak: puṭi

Proto-Dargwa: *puṭi

Proto-Lezghian: *p:oṭ (~-u-)

Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. In the Anlaut there occurs a variation *p-/b- (probably *p- > *ṗ- through assimilation and then again > *b- through dissimilation - a process typical for roots containing two stops).

    The meaning 'hollow stalk, tube' in Lak. provides a necessary semantic link between 'vulva' in Western languages and 'penis' in Aghul; cf. also the meanings in Darg. dialects.

Nakh etymology :

Proto-Nakh: *buṭ ( ~ -ū-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: vulva

Chechen: bud

Ingush: bud

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *buṭa

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: vulva, vagina

Andian language: buṭa

Akhvakh: buṭa

Chamalal: buṭa

Tindi: buṭa

Karata: buṭa

Botlikh: buṭa

Bagvalal: buṭa

Godoberi: buṭa

Comments: Tind. > Inkh. buṭa id.

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *bɨṭV A ( ~ -i-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: vagina

Tsezi: beṭi

Ginukh: beṭe

Comments: PTsKh *biṭǝ ( ~ -ɨ-).

Lak etymology :

Lak root: puṭi

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a hollow stalk, tube

Lak form: puṭi

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *puṭi

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 chibouque 2 anus

Akusha: puṭi 1

Chiragh: puṭe 2

Comments: The common meaning is "hollow tube" (cf. the Lak. form).

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *p:oṭ (~-u-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 penis 2 vagina

Agul: buṭ 1

Budukh: biṭi 2

Comment: The Ag. and Bud. words are hard to separate; in view of the external evidence the Ag. meaning must be secondary (through an intermediate meaning like "clitoris" - cf. analagous semantic shifts in the root *ḳħǝlč̣V). With expressive irregularities cf. also Tab. Düb. baIt:aj 'vagina (of a girl)'.

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: [*PVt]

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: vulva; penis shaft

Burmese: cauk-pat vagina, LB *pytx vulva.

Kachin: nɛ³¹ po_t³¹ penis shaft

Comments: Kokborok ši-paʔ, Kanauri phɛ:ts, Sak a-pɛt etc.; see STEDT 258-261 *b(y)at, 331 *pot.

Burushaski etymology :

Common Burushaski: *bot

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology

Meaning: vulva

Hunza: bot

Basque etymology :

Proto-Basque: *pot-

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 testicle 2 kiss 3 female genitals 4 ovary (of animals) 5 hernia

Bizkaian: potro 1, potxin, potxor 3

Gipuzkoan: potra-min 5

High Navarrese: pot 2

Low Navarrese: pot 2

Lapurdian: potro 1, pot 2

Baztanese: pottoin 4

Zuberoan: pot 2

Comments: Many etymologists attribute these words to Romance origin, but extremely ancient and native words of this general form are found on every continent, and there is no reason to think Bsq had to acquire them from outside.

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