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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kataʀō
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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic
Etymology
A West Germanic formation taken from *kattu (“cat”) + the masculinizing suffix *-aʀō, *-aʀ; compare the development from Proto-Germanic *gans (“goose”) to *ganzô (“gander (male goose)”).[1]
Inflection
| Masculine an-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *kataʀō | |
| Genitive | *kataʀini | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *kataʀō | *kataʀan |
| Accusative | *kataʀan | *kataʀan |
| Genitive | *kataʀini | *kataʀanō |
| Dative | *kataʀini | *kataʀum |
| Instrumental | *kataʀini | *kataʀum |
Related terms
Descendants
- Old Frisian: katera
- Old Saxon: *kataro
- Old Dutch: *kataro
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “katazan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 281
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