Cognate Set 5447 – Meaning: tooth
- IE-CoR reference form:
- kaka-
- IE-CoR reference language:
- Hittite
- Ideophonic:
- no
- Parallel derivation:
- no
- Justification:
- No clear etymology outside of Anatolian (Kloekhorst 2008:427-428); cf. HED K:14-15 for unconvincing attempts to relate to Old English hōc 'hook', etc.
- Found in clades:
- Anatolian
- Revised by:
- Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 1 lexeme.
|
Language |
Lexeme |
Native script |
Phonetic |
Phonemic |
Notes |
| 1 |
Hittite
|
kaka- |
ga-ga-aš |
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|
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- References
- Kloekhorst, Alwin: 427-428
S.v. Hitt. kaka- 'tooth'. Etymology unclear. Attempts by Puhvel HED K to connect Hitt. kaka- with OEng. hōc 'hook' are unconvincing.
- Puhvel, Jaan: 14-15
S.v. Hitt. kaka- 'tooth', attempts to connect to OE hōc 'hook', etc.
