Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/kaθ

This Proto-Brythonic 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-Brythonic

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kattā, of non-Indo-European origin and traditionally thought to be from an Afroasiatic language, such as Nubian *kadīs (“cat”). Because of clear parallels in Latin cattus and Proto-Germanic *kattuz, the language family that the word first entered is unclear.

Noun

*kaθ ?

cat

Descendants

Breton: kazh, kaz
Cornish: kath, cath
Welsh: cath

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN