Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kattu

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *kattuz.

Noun edit

*kattu m

  1. cat[1]
    Synonym: *kattā

Inflection edit

u-stem
Singular
Nominative *kattu
Genitive *kattō
Singular Plural
Nominative *kattu *kattiwi, *kattō
Accusative *kattu *kattū
Genitive *kattō *kattiwō
Dative *kattiwi, *kattō *kattum
Instrumental *kattu *kattum

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References edit

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