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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḳuṭun-
Meaning: be small
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 1005
Proto-Semitic: *ḳVṭVn-
Meaning: 'be small, be thin'
Akkadian: ḳatān- 'be small'
Hebrew: ḳāṭān 'small'
Syrian Aramaic: ḳṭn 'grow thin'
Mandaic Aramaic: ḳotān- 'small'
Arabic: ḳatīn- 'thin iron of a spear' LGz
Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab ḳṭn 'small?'
Geʕez (Ethiopian): ḳṭn 'be thin, fine, lean, etc.' LGz 453
Mehri: ḳáyṭen 'bec. thin' JM 245
Jibbali: East ḳéṭǝn id.
Harsusi: ḳayṭen
Soqotri: ḳǝ́ṭhɔn 'thin'
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Central Chadic etymology :
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Proto-CChadic: *kVtVn-
Meaning: 'short' 1,' small' 2
Tera: kutun 1 [Kr: 292]
Banana: kíten-ge 2 [Lk: 129]
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Long-range etymologies :
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Borean (approx.) : KVTV
Meaning : small
Amerind (misc.) : *ḳuṭi 'small' (R 653) Reference : ND 1227; GE 86 *ḳuṭ. globet-meaning,globet-nostr,globet-afas,globet-scc,globet-amer,globet-reference,
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *ḳVṭV
Meaning: small, young
Altaic: ?WMo qotul(i) 'two-year-old marmot, young deer'
References: ND 1227 *ḳUṭV 'small' (w/o Drav.). nostret-meaning,nostret-prnum,nostret-ier,nostret-alt,nostret-kart,nostret-drav,nostret-reference,
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *kat-
Meaning: young one
Latin: catulus, -ī m. `Tierjunges, bes. aus dem Geschlecht der Hunde', catellus `Hündchen'
Other Italic: Umbr katel, gen. katles `catulus'
Celtic: MIr cadla, cadhla `Geis'
Russ. meaning: детеныш
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Vasmer's dictionary :
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Word: коти́ться
Near etymology: "рожать детенышей (о кошках, куницах, хорьках, зайцах, овцах, козах)", укр. коти́тися, кiтна́ (*котьна) "беременная (о животных)", об-кíт, род. п. об-ко́ту "окот (овец)", болг. ко́тя се (коти́л) "котиться", коти́ло "место окота, окот, потомство", сербохорв. (о)ко̀ти̑м, ко̀тити се "щениться, котиться, рожать (в диал. -- обо всех животных)", ко̀тило "место окота", ко̑т, род. ко̏та "выводок (птенцов), с-ко̏тна "беременная (о собаке, лисице и др. животных"), словен. kotíti "котиться", kòt, род. п. kótа "выводок, приплод", skòt, род. п. skótа "детеныш, потомство", чеш. kotiti sе "котиться" польск. kocić się "котиться, ягниться и т. д.", kotna "беременная, суягная", wуkоt "окот", в.-луж. (wо) kócić sо, kóćować "забеременеть".
Further etymology: Первонач. знач. "рожать" (о животных), связь с кошками явно вторична; см. Вальде--Гофм. (1, 183), Маценауэр (48) против Миклошича (Мi. ЕW 135), Бернекера (1, 590); эта связь обусловлена созвучием с кот (см.). Родственно лат. catulus "детеныш, щенок", catellus "собачка", умбр. katel, род. п. katles "catulus", др.-исл. haðna ж. "козленок", ср.-в.-н. hatele ж. "коза", швейцарско-нем. hatle "коза"; см. Вальде--Гофм., там же; Бернекер, там же; Хольтхаузен, Awn. Wb. 103.
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *xad=, *xadinōn, *xādVlō(n)
Meaning: goat
Old Norse: haδna f. `Ziege'
Norwegian: hadna, hāna
Swedish: dial. häna, hen(n)a
Middle High German: { hatele `Ziege' }
German: schweiz. hatle `Ziege', dial. hattel, hättel, hätte `id.'
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 853
Root: kat-2
English meaning: to bear young; animal cub
German meaning: `Junge werfen; Tier junges'
Material: Lat. catulus `Tierjunges, bes. junger Hund oder Katze', umbr. katel, Gen. katles `catulus'; aisl. haðna f. `junge Ziege', mhd. hatele, nhd.-schweiz. hatle `Ziege';
slav. kotiti sę (russ. kotítьsja usw.) `Junge werfen', dial. kótьka `Lamm', skr. kot `Brut', poln. wy-kot `Zicklein' usw. (s. Berneker 589 f.).
References: WT. I 338 f., WH. I 183.
Pages: 534
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Kartvelian etymology :
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Proto-Kartvelian: *ḳuṭ-
Russian meaning: (детский) penis; маленький
English meaning: child penis; small
Georgian: ḳuṭ-u 'penis'; ḳuṭ-a 'boy'
Megrel: ḳuṭ-
Svan: ḳōṭ-ol
Svan meaning (Rus.): маленький
Svan meaning (Eng.): small
Laz: ḳuṭ-
Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 118, EWK 214. Экспрессивная основа, вероятно, кавк. происхождения: ср. ПСК *k_Hǝ̄ṭwV̄ 'короткий' (NCED 690-691). Менее надежным кажется сближение с драв. *kuḍḍ- 'маленький' (ОСНЯ 1, 329-330; так же в Бомхард 1996, 231-232).
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Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-Dravidian : *guḍ-
Meaning : small
Notes : The forms with -i- in SOuth Drav. languages are not clear.
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South Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-South Dravidian : *guḍḍ-/*giḍḍ-
Meaning : small
Tamil : kuṭṭam
Tamil meaning : smallness; young of a monkey
Tamil derivates : kuṭṭan_ laddie, lassie, as a term of endearment; kid or lamb; kuṭṭi young of a dog, pig, tiger, etc.; little girl; smallness; kuṭṭai shortness, dwarfishness; kuṭṭ-ēr_u a small bull; kuṇṭai shortness, that which is short and stout
Malayalam : kuṭṭan
Malayalam meaning : boy, lamb, calf
Malayalam derivates : kuṭṭi young of any animal, child (chiefly girl), pupil of eye; kuṭu small, narrow
Kannada : giḍḍu, guḍḍu
Kannada meaning : shortness, smallness
Kannada derivates : giḍḍa dwarf; fem. giḍḍi; guḍḍa dwarf, a boy; smallness, shortness; (Hav.) kuṇṭu short
Kodagu : kuṭṭi
Kodagu meaning : child of any caste except Coorgs; young of animals (except dog, cat, pig)
Tulu : giḍḍa
Tulu meaning : small, short
Tulu derivates : giḍḍe, giḍḍele, giḍye, giḍyele dwarf, short man; fem. giḍḍi, giḍḍu; kuṇṭe a short man, dwarf; kuṇṭi a female dwarf; short; (B-K.) guḍḍu short
Number in DED : 1670
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Nilgiri etymology :
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Proto-Nilgiri : *kuṭ-/*koṭ-
Meaning : short, small (kuṭ xwar_ small shola, kuṭxɨfy short-ears, i. e. tiger)
Toda : kuṭ
Additional forms : Also Toda kwɨṭṇ (voc. kwɨṭā) husband, man younger than a woman speaking, man (suffix in proper names) (for restricted use in all meanings, MBE 1974b, p. 39, 5.67); kwɨṭy wife (very restricted use, ibid., 5.66, 67)
Number in DED : 1670
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Telugu etymology :
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Proto-Telugu : *giḍḍ-/*guḍḍ-
Meaning : short, dwarfish
Telugu : giḍḍa
Dialectal forms (1) : giṭaka
Additional forms : Also giḍasa id., stunted; (SAN) guḍḍa child
Number in DED : 1670
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North Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-North-Dravidian : *guḍ-rū
Meaning : dwarfish (of persons and animals only)
Kurukh : guḍrū, guṛrū
Number in DED : 1670
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Brahui etymology :
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Brahui : g_h_uḍḍ-ū, guḍḍ-ū
Meaning : small; urchin
Number in DED : 1670
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *kHǝ̄́ṭwV̄
Meaning: short
Comments and references : LDC 38. [But perhaps rather Bur. Ys. ɣoṭ `stumm', Hun., Nag. ɣuṭ `deaf; short-eared'].
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *k_Hǝ̄ṭwV̄/ *k_wHǝ̄ṭV̄
Meaning: short;short-eared (hornless) animal
Notes: The vocalic reconstruction is not very certain because of labialisation shifts; length is postulated primarily on basis of WC evidence (if the PAA voiced stops really go back to strong stops in PWC). Consonantal correspondences are more or less regular (we should mention only the regressive assimilation in Av.-And.-Tsez. and the delabialisation of the dental stop in PWC: rather frequent phenomena in roots consisting of two stops). Note that Arch. kūṭa- 'short' is obviously a Lak. loan. Phonetically a perfect match is Khin. ḳuṭa 'puppy'; since it has no other etymology, it may ultimately belong here, too.
Both meanings - simply 'short' and 'short-eared (animal)' must be postulated already for PEC, since they keep appearing in different subgroups. However, it is hard to reconstruct a definite meaning for PNC (was it 'short' or a 'short-horned animal' or both?).
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *ḳʷVṭV
Meaning: short-eared ram
Akhvakh: ḳʷaṭa
Comments: Isolated in Akhv., but with probable external parallels.
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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *ḳɔṭV-
Meaning: short
Tsezi: ḳoṭono
Ginukh: ḳoṭondiju
Khvarshi: ḳojtu (Radzhibov)
Inkhokvari: ḳottu
Comments: PTsKh *ḳoṭV- (with various suffixation and sometimes with dissimilative deglottalization).
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Lak etymology :
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Lak root: kuṭa-
Meaning: short
Lak form: kuṭa-s:a
Comments: Lak. > Arch. kūṭa-t:u-.
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Dargwa etymology :
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Proto-Dargwa: *kuṭ-
Meaning: short
Chiragh: kuṭze
Comments: Cf. also Kait. kuṭi-l id.
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *k:ʷVIṭV-
Meaning: 1 short 2 narrow 3 short-eared ram
Lezghian: güṭü 2
Agul: güṭ 3 (Burk.)
Kryz: gʷädä 1
Budukh: goda 1
Comment: Cf. also Lezg. Kur. gʷeṭi 'narrow'. Initial *gʷ- may be also reconstructed on basis of Lezg. data (but in Lezg. gʷ- may be < *k:ʷ- before the following glottalized stop). In Shakhdagh there occurred an assimilation (-ṭ- > -d-), usual in roots of this type. Vocalic quality is not clear (because of reductions in the first syllable); pharyngealization is probable because of front-vocalic reflexes in Lezg. and Ag.
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :
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Proto-West-Caucasian: *k:ǝt:ǝ (~g-,-d-)
Meaning: hornless (of horned domestic animals)
Abkhaz: a-gdǝ́
Abaza: gdi
Comments: PAT *gǝdǝ (or *gǝdǝ-jǝ > Abaz. gdi).
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Burushaski etymology :
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Common Burushaski: *khuṭ
Meaning: short
Hunza: khuṭ
Nagar: khuṭ
Comments: Sh. khúṭo, T. 3895 [Pk. khuṭṭa- `broken', with further unclear matches]
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Basque etymology :
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Proto-Basque: *guti
Meaning: few, a little
Bizkaian: (gitxi)
Gipuzkoan: (gutxi)
High Navarrese: guti
Low Navarrese: guti
Salazarese: guttu
Lapurdian: guti, gutti
Baztanese: (gutxi)
Zuberoan: gǘti
Comments: Variants with /č/ have been attributed to expressive palatalization, but more likely to a separate etymon: *giči.
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