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

Uncertain; possible Wanderwort^[1] of obscure ultimate origin.^[2]^[3] Cognate with and traditionally taken as borrowed from Latin cattus (“cat”);^[4] see there for more. Kroonen suggests, on the basis of variable reflexes within Germanic, a derivation through Uralic of Proto-Uralic *käďwä (“female (of a fur animal)”).^[5]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɑt.tuz/

Noun

*kattuz m

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

Descendants

Feminine forms can be found at *kattǭ.

Proto-West Germanic: *kattu
- 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
- Lombardic: chazze
Old Norse: kǫttr
- Faroese: køttur
- Icelandic: köttur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: katt
- Old Swedish: katter
  - Swedish: katt
- Danish: kat
  - Norwegian Bokmål: katt

References

^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Katze”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 362
^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Katze”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 362
^ Huehnergard, John (2007 December 26) “Qitta: Arabic Cats”, in Beatrice Gruendler, editor, Classical Arabic Humanities in Their Own Terms‎, BRILL, →ISBN, page 414; republished as Michael Cooperson, editor, (Please provide a date or year)
^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 73
^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*kattōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[1] Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Katze”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 362

[2] Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Katze”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 362

[3] Huehnergard, John (2007 December 26) “Qitta: Arabic Cats”, in Beatrice Gruendler, editor, Classical Arabic Humanities in Their Own Terms‎, BRILL, →ISBN, page 414; republished as Michael Cooperson, editor, (Please provide a date or year)

[4] Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 73

[5] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*kattōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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