Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ketwą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *kwetwą

Etymology

Unknown; connection with *kwetwą and *kutjaną has been suggested.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈket.wɑ̃/

Noun

*ketwą n

1. meat; flesh

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *ketwą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*ketwą	*ketwō
vocative	*ketwą	*ketwō
accusative	*ketwą	*ketwō
genitive	*ketwas, *kitwis	*ketwǫ̂
dative	*kitwai	*ketwamaz
instrumental	*ketwō	*ketwamiz

Related terms

• *kūtiz
• *kutjaną

Descendants

• Old Norse: kjǫt, kjot
  • Icelandic: kjöt, ket
  • Faroese: kjøt
  • Norwegian: kjøt, kjøtt; (dialectal) kjòt, kỳt
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: kjøtt
  • Old Swedish: kiøt, kiot, køt
    • Swedish: kött
  • Danish: kød
    • Norwegian Bokmål: kjød
  • Gutnish: kyt, kytt
  • → Middle English: ket
    • Scots: ket, kett
    • English: ket