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

1. cat

   Synonym: *kattu

Inflection

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

Related terms

• *kataʀō

Descendants

• Old English: catte
  • Middle English: catte, katte
• 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 (attested in placenames and to-names)
  • 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)