კალო

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian კალოჲ (ḳaloy), borrowed from Old Armenian կալ (kal), oblique stem կալո- (kalo-).^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Noun

კალო • (ḳalo)

1. threshing floor

Related terms

• კალმასი (ḳalmasi)

Descendants

• → Bats: კალო̆ (ḳalŏ)
• → Mingrelian: კალო (ḳalo)
• → Svan: კალუ̂ (ḳalû)

References

1. Čubinov, David (1840) “კალო”, in Грузинско-русско-французский словарь [Georgian–Russian–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 235a
2. Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 457
3. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 783b
4. Djahukian, Gevorg (2003) “Notes on Some Lexical Correspondences between Armenian and the Kartvelian Languages”, in Iran and the Caucasus‎, volume 7, number 1/2, page 192 of 191–194
5. Gippert, Jost (2005) “Das Armenische — eine indogermanische Sprache im kaukasischen Areal”, in Gerhard Meiser, Olav Hacksteing, editors, Sprachkontakt und Sprachwandel : Akten der XI. Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft, 17.-23. September 2000, Halle an der Saale‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: L. Reichert, page 152, footnote 59

Further reading

• Čubinašvili, Niḳo (1812–1825) “კალოჲ”, in Kartuli leksiḳoni rusulis targamaniturt [Georgian Explanatory Dictionary with Russian Commentaries]‎, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences
• Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate‎, PhD dissertation, Leiden University, pages 69-70