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

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *catenia, from Latin catēna.

Noun

*katinnjā f

1. chain

Inflection

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

• 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