Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/katos

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 This Proto-Italic 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-Italic

Etymology 1

Unknown. See the derived catēna (“chain”) for more discussion.

Noun

*katos n

  1. link
  2. joint
Declension
Declension of *katos (consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *katos *katesā
vocative *katos *katesā
accusative *katos *katesā
genitive *kateses, katesos *katesom
dative *katesei *katesβos
ablative *katesi? katese? *katesβos
locative *katesi? katese? *katesβos
Derived terms
  • *kates-jom
    • Umbrian: 𐌊𐌀𐌆𐌉 (kazi, acc. sg.)
  • *kates-nā
    • Latin: catēna (“chain”) (see there for further descendants)
  • *katezwā
  • *kats-is

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₃tós (“sharpened”), from *ḱeh₃- (“to sharpen”). Cognate with Old Irish cath (“wise, able”), Sanskrit शित (śitá-, “whetted, sharpened, slender”).

Adjective

*katos

  1. clever, shrewd
Declension
Declension of *katos (o/ā-stem)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *katos *katā *katom
vocative *kate *kata *katom
accusative *katom *katam *katom
genitive *katosjo, katī *katās *katosjo, katī
dative *katōi *katāi *katōi
ablative *katōd *katād *katōd
locative *katei *katāi *katei
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *katōs, katoi *katās *katā
vocative *katōs, katoi *katās *katā
accusative *katons *katans *katā
genitive *katom *katāzōm *katom
dative *katois *katais *katois
ablative *katois *katais *katois
locative *katois *katais *katois
Descendants

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “caterva”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 98
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “catus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 99
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