Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tat(t)ur

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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tat(t)uraz (“tuft, patch, piece, stuff”).

Noun

*tat(t)ur m

  1. tuft
  2. piece, patch
  3. strand, nap
  4. stuff, material

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *tat(t)ur
Genitive *tat(t)uras
Singular Plural
Nominative *tat(t)ur *tat(t)urō, *tat(t)urōs
Accusative *tat(t)ur *tat(t)urā
Genitive *tat(t)uras *tat(t)urō
Dative *tat(t)urē *tat(t)urum
Instrumental *tat(t)uru *tat(t)urum

Descendants

  • 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
  • →⇒ Old French: taterele (alternatively from Old Norse tǫturr)
    • Middle French: taterele
  • → Old Italian: tattera
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