Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kattos

This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic

Etymology

Assumed to be a loanword from Latin cattus or Proto-Germanic *kattuz (see the entry cat for further etymology).

Noun

*kattos m[1]

  1. cat

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kattos *kattou *kattoi
vocative *katte *kattou *kattoi
accusative *kattom *kattou *kattons
genitive *kattī *kattous *kattom
dative *kattūi *kattobom *kattobos
locative *kattei *? *?
instrumental *kattū *kattobim *kattūis

Descendants

  • Goidelic:
    • Old Irish: catt
      • Irish: cat
      • Manx: kayt
      • Scottish Gaelic: cat
      • ⇒ Middle Irish: caittín
  • Gaulish: *cattos
    • → Latin: Cattos, Cattus, Catta, Cattosa, Catto, Cattius

Coordinate terms

  • *kattā f (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*katto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 195
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