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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Feminine form of *kattuz, which see.
Noun
*kattǭ f
- female cat
Inflection
Declension of *kattǭ (ōn-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*kattǭ
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*kattōniz
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| vocative
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*kattǭ
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*kattōniz
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| accusative
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*kattōnų
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*kattōnunz
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| genitive
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*kattōniz
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*kattōnǫ̂
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| dative
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*kattōni
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*kattōmaz
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| instrumental
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*kattōnē
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*kattōmiz
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Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *kattā
- Old English: catte
- Old Frisian: katte
- 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)
- Old Norse: ketta