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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kattǭ, from *kattuz.
Noun
*kattā f
- cat[1]
- Synonym: *kattu
Inflection
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*kattā
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| Genitive
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*kattōn
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*kattā
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*kattōn
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| Accusative
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*kattōn
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*kattōn
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| Genitive
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*kattōn
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*kattōnō
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| Dative
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*kattōn
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*kattōm, *kattum
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| Instrumental
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*kattōn
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*kattōm, *kattum
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Descendants
- Old English: catte
- Old Frisian: katte
- North Frisian: kaat, kåt
- Saterland Frisian: Kat
- West Frisian: kat
- Old Saxon: katta
- Middle Low German: katte
- Low German: Katte
- Dutch Low Saxon: katte
- German Low German: Katt, Katte
- Plautdietsch: Kautt, Kaut
- Old Dutch: katta, *catta
- Middle Dutch: catte
- Dutch: kat
- Afrikaans: kat
- Jersey Dutch: kāt
- Negerhollands: katje (from the Dutch diminutive)
- Skepi Creole Dutch: kat
- Limburgish: kat
- West Flemish: katte
- Old High German: kazza, chazza
- Middle High German: katze
- Alemannic German: Chatz, Chats, Chazz, Chaz, Kàtz (Alsatian), chatza, chatzu, chatzò, chàzzà (Walser)
- Bavarian: ckozza, khoze, kòtze, Katz
- Central Franconian:
- German: Katze
- Luxembourgish: Kaz
- Rhine Franconian:
- Pennsylvania German: Katz
- Yiddish: קאַץ (kats)
References
- ^ Miller, D. Gary (13 June 2012) “Early loanwords from Latin and Greek”, in External Influences on English: From its Beginnings to the Renaissance, Oxford University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, § 4.6, page 77.