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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 229
Proto: *kakta ~ *käktä
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: two
German meaning: zwei
Finnish: kaksi (gen. kahden)
Estonian: kaks (gen. kahe)
Saam (Lapp): guok'tĕ -vt- (N), kuokte (L), kī̊kt, ki̊kt (T), kūχt (Kld.), kuaχt (Not.), koχt (A)
Mordovian: kavto, kafto (E), kafta (M)
Mari (Cheremis): kok (attr.), koktǝ̑t (subst., pred.) (KB U B)
Udmurt (Votyak): ki̮k (ki̮kt-, ki̮k-), kǝ̑k- (K), kị̑k (kị̑kt-) (G)
Komi (Zyrian): ki̮k (SP), køk (PO)
Khanty (Ostyak): kät (V), kĕt (DN), kȧt (O) (attr.), kätkǝn (V), kȧtǝn (DN O) (subst.), kitǝnti (Trj.) 'beide'
Mansi (Vogul): kit́ (TJ), kit (KU P So.); ki.tǝw (TJ), kitǝɣ (KU P), kitiɣ (So) (subst.)
Hungarian: két (attr.), kettő (subst.)
Nenets (Yurak): śid́e (O), śićā (Nj.)
Enets (Yen): sire (Ch.), side (B)
Nganasan (Tawgi): siti
Selkup: sitte (Ke), śede (N)
Kamass: šide
Janhunen's version: (113) *ke/äktä
Sammalahti's version: *kektä, FP *kakta
Addenda: Koib. syda; Mot. kydy; Karag. gide; Taig. кидде
Yukaghir parallels: kiji-
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *gagtV
Meaning: two, pair
Borean: Borean
Indo-European: *kat- / -e- ?
Altaic: *gằgtà
Uralic: *kakta ~ *käktä
Dravidian: *Kiṭ- ?
References: ND 607 *gaKt[ä] 'couple, one of a pair' (Alt.-Ur. + very dubious Om. and Eg.).
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *kat-/-e-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: troop
Slavic: *četā́
Baltic: *keket-ā̂, *kekt-ā̂ f.
Latin: caterva f. `geschlossener Haufe (von Menschen, Tieren), Schar, Truppe'
Other Italic: Umbr kateramu, caterahamo `catervamini, congregamini'
Celtic: MIr cethern f. `Trupp, Schar'
Russ. meaning: отряд
References: WP I 383
Comments: Some confusion with *kat- 'hut, shed'
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: чета́:
Near etymology: он мне не чета́, др.-русск. чета "отряд, община, толпа, полчище, сообщники", цслав. чета φάλαγξ, ст.-слав. съчетати "сочетать, соединять" (Супр.), болг. че́та "отряд", сербохорв. че̏та "отряд, войско", чеш., слвц. čеtа "отряд, шествие".
Further etymology: Вероятно, родственно лат. саtеrvа "отряд, толпа", умбр. kateramu "congregamini", ирл. сеthеrn "отряд, толпа"; см. Бецценбергер, ВВ 16, 240; Стокс 76; Кречмер, KZ 31, 378 и сл.; Сольмсен, Unters. gr. Lautl. 203; Бернекер I, 152 и сл.; Мейе -- Эрну 188. Едва ли связано с котора́, вопреки Вайану (RЕS 19, 106).
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *keket-ā̂, *kekt-ā̂ f.
Meaning: troop
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: keketà, kektà 'Abteilung, Schar'
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 852
Root: kat-1
English meaning: to link or weave together; chain, net
German meaning: `flechtend zusammendrehen, zu Ketten, Stricken, Hürdengeflecht'
Material: Lat. catēna `Kette' (*cates-nā), cassis, -is `Jägergarn, Netz' (wegen catēna eher = *kat-s-is als *kat-ti-s; vielleicht auch casa `primitive Hütte' (ursprünglich aus leichtem Geflecht; wohl dial. aus *cati̯ā, wie osk. Bansae aus Bantiae);

    vielleicht hierher caterva f. `Haufe, Schar, Truppe' (*kates-ou̯ā), umbr. kateramu, caterahamo `catervamini, congregamini', doch s. unten unter ket-1.

    cymr. cader `Festung' (nur in ON), air. cathir `Stadt';

    vielleicht aisl. hadda f. `Ring, Henkel, Bügel' (*haþiþōn: catēna; recht unsicher), wohl ags. heaðor n. `Einschließung, Gefängnis';

    ksl. kotьcь `cella, Nest', russ. kotý Pl. `Fischwehr, Fischzaun', skr. kôt, (dial.) kòtac `kleiner Stall'; dial. `Art Fischfang' usw. und bulg. kótara, kótora, kótor `Hürde', skr. kȍtar `Zaun', kȍtār `Gebiet, Grenze' (`*aus Zäunen'), sloven. kotár `Bezirk' (s. Berneker 386, 588);

References: WP. I 338, WH. I 175 ff., 181 f.
Pages: 534
PIE database: PIE database
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *gằgtà
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: one of a pair
Russian meaning: один из пары
Turkic: *Kat
Mongolian: *gagča
Tungus-Manchu: *gagda
Japanese: *kàtà
Comments: Rozycki 85 (TM-Mong.). Despite Doerfer MT 51, TM cannot be borrowed from Mong. The Mong. form presents some difficulties: apart from the unclear variant *ganča, the form *gagča itself can only belong here if it is an irregular development < *gagči < *gagti, or if it is a contraction of a derived form *gagta-ča. Note that Jpn. *kàtà may also be derived from PA *kalt`o q. v.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *Kat
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: layer
Russian meaning: слой
Old Turkic: qat (OUygh.)
Karakhanid: qat (MK, KB)
Turkish: kat
Tatar: qat
Middle Turkic: qat (Houts., AH, IM, MA)
Uzbek: qɔt, dial. qɛt
Uighur: qat
Azerbaidzhan: Gat
Turkmen: Gat
Khakassian: xat
Oyrat: qat
Chuvash: xut
Yakut: xat 'double, X times'
Dolgan: kat 'X times'
Tuva: qa't
Kirghiz: qat
Bashkir: qat
Karakalpak: qat
Kumyk: qat
Comments: VEWT 241, ЭСТЯ 5, 335-336, TMN 3, 419, Stachowski 140, Ашм. XVI, 250-255, Федотов 2, 371-372. The original meaning must have been "one of two layers" - as witnessed by the Yak. meaning and by external evidence.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *gagča
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: single, alone
Russian meaning: единственный
Written Mongolian: ɣaɣča (L 343), ɣanča
Middle Mongolian: qaxča (HY 44, SH), qaqčar (instr., IM), ɣaqča (MA)
Khalkha: gagcār, gagc, ganc
Buriat: gansa, gagsa
Kalmuck: ɣakcǝ
Ordos: gagča, ganča
Dagur: ganči (Тод. Даг. 130), gaškā(r) (Тод. Даг. 131), gančare, gašikare (MD 148)
Monguor: xaʒ́aGār, śʒ́aGār (instr.) (SM 148, 388)
Comments: KW 141, MGCD 283. The variant ɣanča is not quite clear. Mong. > Ul. Gaqsị, Orok Gaqsa, Evn. gasụn (these forms should be kept distinct from the genuine PTM *gagda).
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *gagda
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: one of a pair
Russian meaning: один из пары
Evenki: gagda
Even: gād
Negidal: gagda
Literary Manchu: Gaqda, Gaqta
Nanai: GaGda
Oroch: gagda
Udighe: gagda
Comments: ТМС 1, 135.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *kàtà
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: one of two sides
Russian meaning: одна из двух сторон
Old Japanese: kata
Middle Japanese: kàtà
Comments: JLTT 442.
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *Kiṭ-
Meaning : to touch; near
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-South Dravidian: *kiṭ-
Proto-Telugu : *kiṭṭ-
Proto-North Dravidian : *kiṭ-
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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *Kiṭ-
Meaning : near; to touch
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tamil : kiṭṭu (kiṭṭi-)
Tamil meaning : to draw near (in time or place), be on friendly terms with, be attained, accomplished, be clenched (as the teeth in lockjaw); approach, attack, meet, tie, bind
Tamil derivates : kiṭṭa near, close by; kiṭṭam nearness, vicinity; kiṭṭi clamps (used in torture, etc.); kiṭṭin_ar relations, friends, associates; kiṭai (-pp-, -tt-) to be obtained, found, come into one's possession, join, come together; approach, encounter, oppose; n. comparison, likeness, equality
Malayalam : kiṭa
Malayalam meaning : approach, match, equality
Malayalam derivates : kiṭayuka to knock against, quarrel, be found or obtained; kiṭaccal meeting, quarrelling; kiṭekka to be obtained, engage in; kiṭṭuka to come to hand, be obtained, reach; kiṭṭam vicinity, nearness; kiṭṭi torture by pressing the hands between two sticks
Kannada : kiṭṭu
Kannada meaning : to touch, reach, come to hand, be obtained
Kannada derivates : giṭṭu, gīṭu to be obtained, etc., be pressed closely one to the other; giṭṭisu, gīṭisu to cause oneself to be reached; kiṭṭi torture in which hands, ears or noses are pressed between two sticks; kiḍu touching, approach; gaḍe touching, fitting, meeting; match, comparison, equality; geḍe touching; match; friendship, intimacy
Kodagu : kɨṭṭ- (kɨṭṭi-)
Kodagu meaning : to be got, come into possession of
Tulu : kiṭṭa
Tulu meaning : proximity; near
Tulu derivates : giṭṭa proximate, near
Proto-Nilgiri : *kiṭ-
Miscellaneous : KOR (M) kiṭṭɨ to touch
Number in DED : 1538
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Nilgiri etymology :

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Proto-Nilgiri : *kiṭ-
Meaning : to be caught (in crowd, by buffalo's horns, by promise that one must keep, etc.)
South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology
Toda : kiṭ- (kiṭy-)
Additional forms : Also Toda kɨḍ- vicinity (kɨḍk, kɨḍṣ)
Number in DED : 1538
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Telugu etymology :

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Proto-Telugu : *kiṭṭ-
Meaning : to approach, draw near, agree, suit
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Telugu : kiṭṭu
Additional forms : Also giṭṭu to be agreeable or favourable, friendly terms or feelings to exist; (B) suit, agree, match or meet, be met, (teeth) are set, attack, meet with; giṭṭani inimical, hostile
Notes : Probably two dif. roots.
Number in DED : 1538
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North Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-North-Dravidian : *kiṭ-
Meaning : near, nigh
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Malto : kiṭe
Additional forms : Also MLT kitre to approach (with t!)
Number in DED : 1538
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : KVKTV
Meaning : pair, one of a pair
Eurasiatic : *gagtV
Afroasiatic : ? Omot. *gutto 'two'
Sino-Caucasian : ? ST *g(h)at 'one'
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