სიკუდილი

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *ḳwed-, *ḳwd-. Compare მკვდარი (mḳvdari, “dead”) and კვდება (ḳvdeba, “is dying”) from the same source.

Noun

სიკუდილი • (siḳudili)

  1. death

Descendants
  • Georgian: სიკვდილი (siḳvdili)

References
  • Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 277
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 91
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