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 Latin cattus (“cat”), which has traditionally been taken as the source.[4] Proto-Uralic *käďwä (“female (of a fur animal)”) has also been suggested as ultimate source.[5] Perhaps borrowed through Latin cattus (“cat”);[6] see there for more.

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

*kattilingaz
*kattīną
*kattīnaz (adjective)
*kattuzô

Descendants

Feminine forms can be found at *kattā.

Proto-West Germanic: *kattu
- Old English: catt
  - Middle English: cat
    - English: cat
      - → Esperanto: kato
    - Scots: cat
- Old Saxon: katto
- Old High German: kazzo
Old Norse: kǫttr
- Faroese: køttur
- Icelandic: köttur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: katt
- Old Swedish: katter
  - Swedish: katt
- Danish: kat
  - Norwegian Bokmål: katt
- Westrobothnian: kjatt

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 (26 December 2007), “Qitta: Arabic Cats”, in 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
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*kattōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 73

[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 (26 December 2007), “Qitta: Arabic Cats”, in 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] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*kattōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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