Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tat(t)uraz

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

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- (“to split, cut, divide”).

Noun

*tat(t)uraz m

tuft, bushy mass
patch, rag

Inflection

Declension of *tat(t)uraz (a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*tat(t)uraz	*tat(t)urōz, -ōs
vocative	*tat(t)ur	*tat(t)urōz, -ōs
accusative	*tat(t)urą	*tat(t)uranz
genitive	*tat(t)uras, -is	*tat(t)urǫ̂
dative	*tat(t)urai	*tat(t)uramaz
instrumental	*tat(t)urō	*tat(t)uramiz

Related terms

*tadą
*tad(d)ǭ
- Proto-West Germanic: *tad(d)ā
  - >? Old English: *tædde
    - ⇒ Old English: tædduc
  - Old High German: *zatta, zata
*tadjaną
*tud(d)ô (“tousled mass”)
- Proto-West Germanic: *tod(d)ō, *tod(d)ā
  - Old English: *todde
    - Middle English: todde, tod (alternatively from Old Norse or Middle Dutch)
      - English: tod
    - → Medieval Latin: todda
  - Old Saxon: *todda
    - Middle Low German: *todde, *tot
      - Low German: Todde, Tod, Tot; (via metathesis) Dotte, Dot
      - → Danish: totte, tot
      - → Swedish: totte, tott
      - ⇒ Middle Low German: toddelen
  - Old Dutch: *todda
    - Middle Dutch: *todde
      - Dutch: tod
  - Old High German: zotta, zota
    - Middle High German: zotte, zote
      - German: Zotte, Zote
- Old Norse: toddi
  - Icelandic: toddi
  - Faroese: toddi (“tuft of wool”)
  - Swedish: tudde; todd (dialectal)

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *tat(t)ur
- Old Saxon: *tatur, *tater
  - Middle Low German: *tater, *tāter
    - Low German: Tater
  - >? Middle Low German: *tolter
    - ⇒ Middle Low German: toltern (plural)
      - German Low German: Tulten
- Old High German: zattera
  - → Italian: zattera (Tuscan)
- →⇒ Old French: taterele (alternatively from Old Norse tǫturr)
  - Middle French: taterele
- → Old Italian: tattera
  - Italian: tattera
Old Norse: tǫturr
- Icelandic: tötur
- → Middle English: tater
  - English: tatter
  - Scots: tatter
    - ⇒ Scots: tattrel (diminutive)