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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.
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Proto-Germanic
- *kīþiz
- *kīþaz[1]
- (possibly) *kīþô, *kittaz
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵéyH-ti- or similar, from the root *ǵey(H)- (“to split open, sprout”), with some variation on the suffix. Related to Proto-Germanic *kīnaną (“to split open, germinate, sprout”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
*kīþą n
- (West Germanic) seed, germ; seedling, shoot, sprout
Inflection
Declension of *kīþą (neuter a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*kīþą
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*kīþō
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| vocative
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*kīþą
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*kīþō
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| accusative
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*kīþą
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*kīþō
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| genitive
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*kīþas, *kīþis
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*kīþǫ̂
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| dative
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*kīþai
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*kīþamaz
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| instrumental
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*kīþō
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*kīþamiz
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Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *kīþ; *kīþī; *kīþō
- Old English: ċīþ, ċȳþ
- Old Saxon: *kīth (attested in genitive plural kītho and dative plural kīthun)
- Old Dutch: *kīthi
- Middle Dutch: *kijde, kiede
- →⇒ Old French: cion, ciun, sion (or directly from earlier Frankish *kīþō)
- Old High German: *chīdi, *kīdi; *kīd
- Middle High German: kīde, kīt
- German: Keid (dialectal)
- ⇒ Alemannic German: chiide
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kīþa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 289