kazza

Old High German

Alternative forms

• chazza

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kattā.

Noun

kazza f

1. cat

Declension

Declension of kazza (feminine n-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	kazza	kazzūn
accusative	kazzūn	kazzūn
genitive	kazzūn	kazzōno
dative	kazzūn	kazzōm, kazzōn

Descendants

• Middle High German: katze
  • Alemannic German: Chatz, Chats, Chazz, Chaz, Kàtz (Alsace), chatza, chatzu, chatzò, chàzzà (Walser)
  • Bavarian: ckozza, khoze, kòtze, Katz
    • Cimbrian: katze, khatz, khatza
    • Mòcheno: kòtz
  • Central Franconian:
    • Hunsrik: Katz
  • German: Katze
  • Luxembourgish: Kaz
  • Rhine Franconian:
    • Pennsylvania German: Katz
  • Yiddish: קאַץ (kats)

References

• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “kazza”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), 6th edition