Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kudją

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

Kroonen reconstructs the Pre-Germanic form *gʷh₃udʰh₁yom, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₃u- (“cow”), *gʷeh₃- (“to graze, pasture; to keep”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place”), with the meaning "set of cows". Kroonen notes, however, that the meaning of the root from the first part meant it might not have been necessarily restricted to cows. See *awidiją for a similar formation.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkuð.jɑ̃/

Noun

*kudją n

herd

Inflection

neuter ja-stemDeclension of *kudją (neuter ja-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kudją	*kudjō
vocative	*kudją	*kudjō
accusative	*kudją	*kudjō
genitive	kudjas, kudis	*kudjǫ̂
dative	*kudjai	*kudjamaz
instrumental	*kudjō	*kudjamiz

Descendants

Old Frisian: kedde, ked
Old Saxon: *kuddi
- Middle Low German: kudde, küdde
Old Dutch: *kuddi
- Middle Dutch: cudde, kudde
  - Dutch: kudde
Old High German: kutti, chutti
- Middle High German: kütte
  - German: Kütte, Kitte, Kette

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN