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

Declension 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
  • *kidją
  • *kittô
    • Proto-West Germanic: *kittō
      • Old Dutch: kitto
        • Middle Dutch: *kitte, *kette
        • ⇒ Old Dutch: rēakitto

Descendants

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