Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kattǭ

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

Alternative forms

*kattijǭ

Etymology

Feminine form of *kattuz, which see.

Noun

*kattǭ f

female cat

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *kattǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kattǭ	*kattōniz
vocative	*kattǭ	*kattōniz
accusative	*kattōnų	*kattōnunz
genitive	*kattōniz	*kattōnǫ̂
dative	*kattōni	*kattōmaz
instrumental	*kattōnē	*kattōmiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *kattā
- Old English: catte
  - Middle English: catte, katte
- Old Frisian: katte
  - North Frisian: kaat, kåt
  - Saterland Frisian: Kat
  - West Frisian: kat
- Old Saxon: katta
  - Middle Low German: katte
    - Dutch Low Saxon: katte
    - German Low German: Katt, Katte
      Plautdietsch: Kautt, Kaut
- Old Dutch: *catta
  - Middle Dutch: catte
    - Dutch: kat
      - Afrikaans: kat
        → Xhosa: ikati
        → Zulu: ikati
      - Jersey Dutch: kāt
      - Negerhollands: katje (from the Dutch diminutive)
      - Skepi Creole Dutch: kat
    - Limburgish: kat
    - West Flemish: katte
- Old High German: kazza
  - Middle High German: katze
    - Alemannic German: Chatz, Chats, Chazz, Chaz, Kàtz (Alsatian), chatza, chatzu, chatzò, chàzzà (Walser)
    - Bavarian: ckozza, khoze, kòtze, Katz
      - Cimbrian: katze, khatz, khatza
      - Mòcheno: kòtz
    - Central Franconian:
      - Hunsrik: Katz
    - German: Katze
    - Luxembourgish: Kaz
    - Rhine Franconian:
      - Pennsylvania German: Katz
    - Yiddish: קאַץ (kats)
Old Norse: ketta
- Icelandic: ketta
- Faroese: ketta
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kjette, kjetta
- Norwegian Bokmål: kjette
- Old Swedish: kætta
  - Swedish: katta