kat

layer

Proto-Turkic: *Kat
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Proto-Altaic: *gằgtà
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: слой
Turkic: *Kat
Mongolian: *gagča
Tungus-Manchu: *gagda
Japanese: *kàtà
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.
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