Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kattos
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This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic edit
Etymology edit
Assumed to be a loanword from Latin cattus or Proto-Germanic *kattuz (see the entry cat for further etymology).
Noun edit
*kattos m[1]
Inflection edit
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *kattos | *kattou | *kattoi |
| vocative | *katte | *kattou | *kattūs |
| accusative | *kattom | *kattou | *kattoms |
| genitive | *kattī | *kattous | *kattom |
| dative | *kattūi | *kattobom | *kattobos |
| locative | *kattei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *kattū | *kattobim | *kattūis |
Descendants edit
- Goidelic:
- Gaulish: *cattos
Coordinate terms edit
- *kattā f (see there for further descendants)
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*katto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 195