Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kataʀō

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A West Germanic formation taken from *kattu (“cat”) + the masculinizing suffix *-aʀō, *-aʀ; compare the development from Proto-Germanic *gans (“goose”) to *ganzô (“gander (male goose)”).[1]

Noun[edit]

*kataʀō m

  1. tomcat

Inflection[edit]

Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *kataʀō
Genitive *kataʀini, *kataʀan
Singular Plural
Nominative *kataʀō *kataʀan
Accusative *kataʀan *kataʀan
Genitive *kataʀini, *kataʀan *kataʀanō
Dative *kataʀini, *kataʀan *kataʀum
Instrumental *kataʀini, *kataʀan *kataʀum

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “katazan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 281
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