Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xgwĕ́rdwV̄

Meaning: a k. of cloth

North Caucasian: *gwĭrdwV ( ~ -ɨ̆-)

Sino-Tibetan: *k[ā]t (~ q-)

Yenisseian: *χɔʔtɨr₁

Burushaski: *gaṭú

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *gwĭrdwV ( ~ -ɨ̆-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a k. of clothes

Proto-Nakh: *kati-r / -b

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *gʷirdV

Proto-Tsezian: *gʷid

Proto-Lak: k:urt:u

Proto-Dargwa: *k:urt:i

Proto-Lezghian: *gurd

Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level; the common meaning can be formulated as "some clothes for the upper part of body". A cultural root; similar forms can be found in many languages, and PEC may have borrowed it from some neighbours. Cf. Indoeuropean forms: in Slavic - Russ. куpт(к)a, Ukr. куpт(к)a, Pol. kurt(k)a (despite Vasmer 2, 429-430 etc., it is hardly borrowed from Lat. curtus 'short'); in Indo-Iranian - Osset. kʷǝrät / kurät 'shirt, jacket', Sogd. qwrty 'shirt', Avest. kǝrǝti- 'a k. of clothes', Old Ind. (late) kuratu- 'shirt' etc. (see Abayev 1, 609); in Kartvelian - Georg. ḳwarti 'shirt', Megr., Chan. ḳurta 'drawers, pants'; in Turkic - Turk. kürtä 'short dress' etc. (Radlov 2 1265, 1461). A direct Iranian source should be suggested for Arm. grat 'war cloak', whence Ud. gurat: 'shirt'.

Nakh etymology :

Proto-Nakh: *kati-r / -b

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 fur-coat, sheepskin coat 2 upper clothes

Chechen: ketar 1

Ingush: ketar 1

Batsbi: katib 2

Comments: 4th class in Chech., Ing., 3d class in Bacb. Cf. also Chech. Cheb. katir, Shar., Ved. ketir.

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *gʷirdV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 shirt 2 dress

Avar: gordé 1

Chadakolob: gurdé 1

Andian language: gurdo 2 (Khaidakov)

Karata: gordi 2

Comments: Av. paradigm C (plur. górda-l; but Chad. B: gurdí-l, gurdá-l / gurd-bí).

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *gʷid

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: shirt

Tsezi: ged

Khvarshi: gud

Inkhokvari: gid

Comments: PTsKh *gʷid.

Lak etymology :

Lak root: k:urt:u

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: quilted jacket, caftan

Lak form: k:urt:u

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *k:urt:i

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 shirt 2 dress

Akusha: gurdi 2 (Muir.)

Chiragh: k:urt:e 1

Comments: Cf. also Kait. k:urt:i 'shirt'.

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *gurd

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: shirt

Tabasaran: k:urt:

Agul: k:urt: (Bursh.)

Tsakhur: gurt

Comment: Cf. also Tab. Düb. gut:u / gurt:u id. -t in Tsakh. is not clear (a result of dissimilation?). It is not excluded that some (or all) of the listed forms are actually borrowed from Lak. or Darg. A certain loanword is Lezg. ḳurt (cf. also Khl. k:urt, Akht. k:urṭ; the quite irregular glottalisation suggests a source like Georg. ḳwarti 'shirt').

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k[ā]t (~ q-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a k. of cloth, garment

Chinese: 毼 *g_āt felt, 褐 *g_āt hair cloth, coarse cloth.

Tibetan: khud coat-lap, or any cloth serving in an emergency as a vessel; pocket, pouch.

Kachin: kat² be close-fitting, tight, as a garment.

Chinese characters :

Character: 毼

Modern (Beijing) reading: hé

Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)āt

Classic Old Chinese: g(h)āt

Western Han Chinese: gāt (~ ɣ-)

Eastern Han Chinese: gāt (~ ɣ-)

Early Postclassic Chinese: gāt (~ ɣ-)

Middle Postclassic Chinese: gāt (~ ɣ-)

Late Postclassic Chinese: gāt (~ ɣ-)

Middle Chinese: ɣât

English meaning : felt [LZ]

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Karlgren code: 0313 e

Yenisseian etymology :

Proto-Yenisseian: *χɔtɨr₁

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cloth, felt

Ket: qɔtĺ⁵, pl. -ǝŋ⁵ 'cloth'

Yug: xɔtɨr⁵ 'cloth'

Kottish: hatal 'felt'

Arin: qot (М, Сл, Кл), kot (Лоск) 'trousers'

Comments: ССЕ 305. The word is cultural, but the immediate borrowing source is not evident (it cannot be Turk. kätän, Arab. qattān "cotton"). Werner 2, 119 <*qot(ǝ)ʎ>.

Burushaski etymology :

Common Burushaski: *gaṭú

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology

Meaning: clothes

Yasin: gaṭú

Hunza: gaṭú

Nagar: gaṭú

Comments: Cf. also Hun., Nag. kat, Sh. kat id.

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