Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/katos

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This Proto-Italic 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-Italic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₃tós (sharpened), from *ḱeh₃- (to sharpen).

Adjective edit

*katos[1]

  1. clever, shrewd

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Latin: catus, Catō

References edit

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “catus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 99