Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kittīną

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 *kittô +‎ *-īną. The first element is tentatively from Proto-Indo-European *gidʰ-, *gidʰ-n- (“kid”) (see *kidją), or more likely from a substrate language. For the latter case, compare *gaits (“goat”) with its incompatible voicing.

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkit.tiː.nɑ̃/

Noun

*kittīną n

1. (West Germanic) the young of an animal; fawn; kid; whelp

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *kittīną (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kittīną	*kittīnō
vocative	*kittīną	*kittīnō
accusative	*kittīną	*kittīnō
genitive	*kittīnas, *kittīnis	*kittīnǫ̂
dative	*kittīnai	*kittīnamaz
instrumental	*kittīnō	*kittīnamiz

Related terms

• *kidją
• *kittô
  • Proto-West Germanic: *kittō
    • Old Dutch: kitto
      • Middle Dutch: *kitte, *kette
        • >? Dutch: ket (possibly conflated with a descendant of Proto-Germanic *kidją)
      • ⇒ Old Dutch: rēakitto

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *kittīn
  • Old English: *ċitten, *ċytten, *ċietten
    • Middle English: chitte
      • English: chit
      • Scots: chit
  • Old Saxon: *kittīn
    • Middle Low German: *kitte
      • Low German: kitte
  • Old High German: kizzīn, chizzīn; kizzi, chitzi
    • Middle High German: kitze; kitz
      • Cimbrian: khitz
      • German: Kitz