Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kūtijō

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Alternative forms

• *kūtō

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Germanic *kūts (“bird of prey”) and ultimately imitative.

Noun

*kūtijō m

1. kite (bird)

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kūtijō
Genitive	*kūtijini, *kūtijan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kūtijō	*kūtijan
Accusative	*kūtijan	*kūtijan
Genitive	*kūtijini, *kūtijan	*kūtijanō
Dative	*kūtijini, *kūtijan	*kūtijum
Instrumental	*kūtijini, *kūtijan	*kūtijum

Related terms

• *kūt

Descendants

• Old English: cȳta
  • Middle English: kyte, kete, kijt, kite, kute, kuyte
    • English: kite
    • Scots: kyt, kyte
    • → Welsh: cud
• >? Old High German: *kūzo
  • Middle High German: kūze