Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kattā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kattǭ.

Noun

*kattā f

cat[1]
Synonym: *kattu

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kattā
Genitive	*kattōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kattā	*kattōn
Accusative	*kattōn	*kattōn
Genitive	*kattōn	*kattōnō
Dative	*kattōn	*kattōm
Instrumental	*kattōn	*kattōm

Related terms

*kataʀō

Descendants

Old English: catte
- Middle English: catte
Old Frisian: katte
- North Frisian: kaat, kåt
- Saterland Frisian: Kat
- West Frisian: kat
Old Saxon: katta
- Middle Low German: katte
  - Dutch Low Saxon: katte
  - German Low German: Katt, Katte
    Plautdietsch: Kautt, Kaut
Old Dutch: *katta
- Middle Dutch: catte
  - Dutch: kat
    - Afrikaans: kat
      - → Xhosa: ikati
      - → Zulu: ikati
    - Jersey Dutch: kāt
    - Negerhollands: katje (from the Dutch diminutive)
    - Skepi Creole Dutch: kat
  - Limburgish: kat
  - West Flemish: katte
Old High German: *katta, kazza
- Middle High German: katze
  - Alemannic German: Chatz, Chats, Chazz, Chaz; Kàtz; chatza, chatzu, chatzò, chàzzà
  - Bavarian: ckozza, khoze, kòtze, Katz
    - Cimbrian: katze, khatz, khatza
    - Mòcheno: kòtz
  - Central Franconian:
    - Hunsrik: Katz
  - German: Katze
  - Luxembourgish: Kaz
  - Rhine Franconian:
    - Pennsylvania German: Katz
  - Yiddish: קאַץ‎ (kats)

References

Miller, D. Gary (13 June 2012), “Early loanwords from Latin and Greek”, in External Influences on English: From its Beginnings to the Renaissance, Oxford University Press, DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199654260.001.0001, →ISBN, § 4.6, page 77.

[1] Miller, D. Gary (13 June 2012), “Early loanwords from Latin and Greek”, in External Influences on English: From its Beginnings to the Renaissance, Oxford University Press, DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199654260.001.0001, →ISBN, § 4.6, page 77.