Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ketwą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Alternative forms

*kwetwą

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈket.wɑ̃/

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

*ketwą n

meat; flesh

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *ketwą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*ketwą	*ketwō
vocative	*ketwą	*ketwō
accusative	*ketwą	*ketwō
genitive	ketwas, kitwis	*ketwǫ̂
dative	*kitwai	*ketwamaz
instrumental	*ketwō	*ketwamiz

Related terms

*kūtiz
*kutjaną

Descendants

Old Norse: kjǫt
- Icelandic: kjöt
- Faroese: kjøt
- Norwegian:
  - Norwegian Bokmål: kjøtt
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: kjøt
- Old Swedish: kiøt, kiot, køt
  - Swedish: kött
- Danish: kød
- Gutnish: kyt, kytt
- Westrobothnian: tjöt, tjytt
- Middle English: ket
  - Scots: ket, kett
  - English: ket

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