Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kūtijō

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

Alternative forms

*kūtō

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Germanic *kūts (“bird of prey”) and ultimately imitative.

Noun

*kūtijō m

kite (bird)

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kūtijō
Genitive	kūtijini, kūtijan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kūtijō	*kūtijan
Accusative	*kūtijan	*kūtijan
Genitive	kūtijini, kūtijan	*kūtijanō
Dative	kūtijini, kūtijan	*kūtijum
Instrumental	kūtijini, kūtijan	*kūtijum

Related terms

*kūt

Descendants

Old English: cȳta
- Middle English: kyte, kete, kijt, kite, kute, kuyte
  - English: kite
  - Scots: kyt, kyte
  - → Welsh: cud
>? Old High German: *kūzo
- Middle High German: kūze