Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kattos

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

Etymology

Assumed to be a loanword from Latin cattus or Proto-Germanic *kattuz (see the entry cat for further etymology).

Noun

*kattos m

1. cat

Inflection

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

• Goidelic:
  • Old Irish: catt
    • Irish: cat
    • Manx: kayt
    • Scottish Gaelic: cat
    • ⇒ Middle Irish: caittín
• Gaulish: *cattos
  • → Latin: Cattos, Cattus, Catta, Cattosa, Catto, Cattius

Coordinate terms

• *kattā f (see there for further descendants)