North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *kɨ̄ṭV

Meaning: a k. of vessel

Proto-Nakh: *kāṭ

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *ḳiṭum

Proto-Tsezian: *kɔ( ̃)ṭV

Proto-Lezghian: *kɨṭ

Proto-West Caucasian: *ḳata

Notes: If the WC forms belong here (which phonetically seems rather probable), the word may have originally meant a wattled vessel (which could be used for fishing), with a later semantic shift ( > "net"). The PTs vocalism reflects nasalisation (otherwise PTs would have *-ɨ-), so it probably goes back to *kɨṭV-n or *ḳɨṭV-m (cf. the Avar parallel).

Nakh etymology :

Proto-Nakh: *kāṭ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cup, pot

Chechen: kad

Ingush: kad

Comments: Cf. also Ing. (in Imnaishvili's notation) kāt:. 6th class in both languages. Obl. base *kāṭe- (Chech. kēda-, Ing. kado).

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *ḳiṭum

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: trunk, box

Chadakolob: ḳíṭum

Comments: Av. > Arch. ḳinṭum id. Old Avar loanwords are PTsKh *ḳɨṭ[u]m 'trunk' (Gin. ḳeṭun, Tsez. ḳemoṭ / ḳemeṭ, Inkh. ḳɨṭomol = Av. pl. ḳíṭumal) and Bezht. ṭiḳaban (with metathesis and shift of nasalisation < *ḳiṭamal = Inkh. ḳɨṭomol, see above).

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *kɔ( ̃)ṭV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cup, plate

Tsezi: ḳoṭi

Ginukh: ḳoṭo / koṭo

Khvarshi: ḳoṭe (Radzhibov)

Comments: PTsKh *ko( ̃)ṭV / *ḳo( ̃)ṭV. In Gin. the variant with ḳ- is recorded by Bokarev and MSU; but Lomtadze has k-, which seems to be the most archaic variant.

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *kɨṭ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 pot 2 big basket 3 pan

Lezghian: geṭe 1

Archi: koṭ 2

Udi: kot:o-war 3

Comment: The Lezg. form has a secondary voicing geṭe < *ḳiṭe < *kɨṭV-j (cf. dialectal forms: Kur., Kub., Akht. ḳeṭe). It is not quite clear (because of vocalic considerations) whether we should relate here also Lezg. ḳaṭ 'big wooden box for grain', Khl. ḳaṭ-kun 'basket'.

Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *ḳata

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: net

Abkhaz: á-ḳata

Abaza: ḳata

Comments: PAT *ḳata (cf. also Bzyb. á-ḳat).

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