Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kidją

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

Unknown; probably from a substrate language. Compare *gaits, which is likely from the same source.[1]

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkid.jɑ̃/

Noun

*kidją n[1]

  1. (North Germanic) a goatling, kid

Inflection

Declension of *kidją (neuter ja-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kidją *kidjō
vocative *kidją *kidjō
accusative *kidją *kidjō
genitive *kidjas, *kidis *kidjǫ̂
dative *kidjai *kidjamaz
instrumental *kidjō *kidjamiz

Descendants

  • Old Norse: kið
  • → Proto-Samic: *kiccē (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*kiđjan ~ *kittjan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 214
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