Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kuttô

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

Of unknown origin. Traditionally derived from a Proto-Indo-European *gudnós, *gʷewd- (“woolen clothes”), and compared with Ancient Greek βεῦδος (beûdos, “costly woman's dress”); (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) however, the Greek is thought to be a loan from Phrygian (beudos, “statue of a goddess”), that ultimately traces back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, aware”), and thus cannot be cognate.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkut.tɔːː/

Noun

*kuttô m

cowl, woolen cloth, coat

Inflection

Declension of *kuttô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kuttô	*kuttaniz
vocative	*kuttô	*kuttaniz
accusative	*kuttanų	*kuttanunz
genitive	*kuttiniz	*kuttanǫ̂
dative	*kuttini	*kuttammaz
instrumental	*kuttinē	*kuttammiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *kottō; *kottā f
- Old Saxon: kott, cot
  - Middle Low German: kot, koz
    - → Middle High German: kot
- Old Dutch: *kota
  - Middle Dutch: cote
- Old High German: chozzo, kozzo, cozo, choz, kozza, chuzzi
  - Middle High German: kotze, kütze
    - German: Kotze, Choder (dialectal)
      - → Polish: koc
→ Latin: cotta, cota, cottus (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βεῦδος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 212

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βεῦδος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 212