Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kataʀō

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

A West Germanic formation taken from *kattu (cat) + the masculinizing suffix *-aʀō, *-aʀ; compare the development from Proto-Germanic *gans (goose) to *ganzô (gander (male goose)).[1]

Noun edit

*kataʀō m

  1. tomcat

Inflection edit

Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *kataʀō
Genitive *kataʀini, *kataʀan
Singular Plural
Nominative *kataʀō *kataʀan
Accusative *kataʀan *kataʀan
Genitive *kataʀini, *kataʀan *kataʀanō
Dative *kataʀini, *kataʀan *kataʀum
Instrumental *kataʀini, *kataʀan *kataʀum

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Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “katazan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 281