Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kattuz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Traditionally thought to be borrowed from Latin cattus, from Afroasiatic. However, this presents problems, and Huehnergard opines it is "equally likely that the forms might derive from an ancient Germanic word, imported into Latin and thence to Greek and to Syriac and Arabic". Kroonen also considers the word to be native to Germanic (due to morphological alternations) and Northern Europe, and suggests that it might ultimately be borrowed from Uralic, cf. Northern Sami gáđfi (“female stoat”) and Hungarian hölgy (“stoat; lady, bride”) from Proto-Uralic *käďwä (“female (of a fur animal)”). See cat for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑt.tuz/

Noun

*kattuz m

1. cat

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *kattuz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kattuz	*kattiwiz
vocative	*kattu	*kattiwiz
accusative	*kattų	*kattunz
genitive	*kattauz	*kattiwǫ̂
dative	*kattiwi	*kattumaz
instrumental	*kattū	*kattumiz

Derived terms

• *kattīnaz

Related terms

• *katazô

Descendants

Feminine forms descended from *kattō can be found at catta.

• Old English: catt
  • Middle English: cat, catt, catte, cate; kat, katte, kaat
    • English: cat
    • Scots: cat
    • Yola: kaudès, kauddès, kaudes (plural)
• Old Saxon: katto
• Old High German: kazzo
• Old Norse: kǫttr
  • Faroese: køttur
  • Icelandic: köttur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: katt
  • Old Swedish: katter
    • Swedish: katt
  • Danish: kat
    • Norwegian Bokmål: katt
• →? Latin: cattus