Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kuttô

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gudnós, *gʷewd- (“woolen clothes”). Cognate with Ancient Greek βεῦδος (beûdos, “costly woman's dress”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkut.tɔːː/

Noun

*kuttô m

1. cowl, woolen cloth, coat

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *kuttô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kuttô	*kuttaniz
vocative	*kuttô	*kuttaniz
accusative	*kuttanų	*kuttanunz
genitive	*kuttiniz	*kuttanǫ̂
dative	*kuttini	*kuttammaz
instrumental	*kuttinē	*kuttammiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *kottō; *kottā f
  • Old Saxon: kott, cot
    • Middle Low German: kot, koz
      • → Middle High German: kot
  • Old Dutch: *kota
    • Middle Dutch: cote
  • Old High German: chozzo, kozzo, cozo, choz, kozza, chuzzi
    • Middle High German: kotze, kütze
      • German: Kotze, Choder (dialectal)
        • → Polish: koc
• → Latin: cotta, cota, cottus [mid-to-late 1st c. CE, Rome] (see there for further descendants)