Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kūts

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

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gewH-d- (“to call, cry out, cry, screech”), but in any case ultimately onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuːts/

Noun

*kūts m

1. (West Germanic) bird of prey

Inflection

consonant stemDeclension of *kūts (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kūts	*kūtiz
vocative	*kūt	*kūtiz
accusative	*kūtų	*kūtunz
genitive	*kūtiz	*kūtǫ̂
dative	*kūti	*kūtumaz
instrumental	*kūtē	*kūtumiz

Derived terms

• *kūtijô (“kite”)

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *kūt
  • Old Dutch: *kūt
    • >? Middle Dutch: kuut, cuut, coet
      • Dutch: koet
        • ⇒ Dutch: meerkoet
      • → Middle English: cote, coote, cute, cuytt
        • English: coot
        • Scots: coot, quet, queet
  • Old High German: *kūz
    • Middle High German: kūz, kiuzelīn, kützlīn
      • German: Kauz
        • → German Low German: Kauz, Kauter
      • → Middle Low German: kûtz
        • ⇒ Middle Low German: kü̂tzken

References

• “Proto-Germanic/kūts” in Duden online