Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/katelos

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

Despite seemingly phonetically similar terms in other Indo-European languages such as Middle High German hatele (goat), Old Norse haðna (young goat), Serbo-Croatian kot ((time of) having young, litter, breed), dial. Polish kót (place where forest animals young), Russian око́т (okót, lambing time, litter), De Vaan doubts a Proto-Indo-European origin, and implicitly assigns these words to a common substrate origin.

Noun edit

*katelos m[1]

  1. animal young, cub
  2. puppy

Inflection edit

o-stemDeclension of *katelos (o-stem)
case singular plural
nominative *katelos *katelōs, kateloi
vocative *katele *katelōs, kateloi
accusative *katelom *katelons
genitive *katelosjo, katelī *katelom
dative *katelōi *katelois
ablative *katelōd *katelois
locative *katelei *katelois

Descendants edit

  • Latin: catulus
  • Umbrian: 𐌊𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌋 (katel, nom sg.)

References edit

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “catulus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 98