Cognate Set 385 – Meaning: eat
- IE-CoR reference form:
- *kʰād-
- IE-CoR reference language:
- Proto-Indo-Iranic
- Ideophonic:
- no
- Parallel derivation:
- no
- Justification:
- Modern Indic cognates to be connected with Vedic khād- 'chew, bite; eat' (cf. Turner 1962–1966:203, no. 3865). No certain cognates outside of Indo-Iranic (EWAia I:451-452, cf. LIV² 359-360).
- Found in clades:
- Indic
- Revised by:
- Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 14 lexemes.
- References
- Mayrhofer, Manfred: I:451-452
S.v. Ved. √khād- 'kauen, zerbeißen, essen, fressen, verzehren'. Cf. NPers. xāyīdan 'kauen' if from *kʰād-, Baluči khāδαγ 'eat', Khot. khaca 'food' (if from *xad-čā). Further connections are not certain.
- Rix, Helmut: 359-360
Cf. s.v. ?*k⁽ʷ⁾h₂ed- '(zer)quetschen' [IEW 634 Anm.]. Only Indo-Iranian cognates.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley: 203-204
S.v. 3865 Ved. khā́dati 'chews, bites' RV.