Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/katinnjā

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

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *catenia, from Latin catēna.

Noun edit

*katinnjā f

chain

Inflection edit

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*katinnjā
Genitive	*katinnjōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*katinnjā	*katinnjōn
Accusative	*katinnjōn	*katinnjōn
Genitive	*katinnjōn	*katinnjōnō
Dative	*katinnjōn	katinnjōm, katinnjum
Instrumental	*katinnjōn	katinnjōm, katinnjum

Descendants edit

Old Frisian: kede
- West Frisian: ketten
Old Saxon: *ketina
- Middle Low German: kêdene, kêtene, kêde, kête, kedde
  - German Low German: Kette, Kedde, Kettene
  - → Old Norse: kæta
    - Danish: kæde
    - Norwegian: kjede
    - Swedish: kedja, kätting
      - → Finnish: ketju, kettinki
- ⇒ Old Saxon: raketinia
Old Dutch: *ketinna
- Middle Dutch: ketene
  - Dutch: keten
Old High German: ketinna, ketina
- Middle High German: ketene, keten, kitene
  - German: Kette
  - Yiddish: קייט (keyt)
  - ⇒ Cimbrian: khéttinga