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

1. 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: *katta (attested in placenames and to-names)
    • 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: *katta, 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