Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kittīną

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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Unknown; from tentative Proto-Indo-European *gidʰ-, *gidʰ-n- (“kid”) or from a substrate language.

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkit.tiː.nɑ̃/

Noun

*kittīną n

(West Germanic) the young of an animal; fawn; kid; whelp

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *kittīną (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kittīną	*kittīnō
vocative	*kittīną	*kittīnō
accusative	*kittīną	*kittīnō
genitive	kittīnas, kittīnis	*kittīnǫ̂
dative	*kittīnai	*kittīnamaz
instrumental	*kittīnō	*kittīnamiz

Related terms

*kidją

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *kittīn
- Old English: *ċitten, *ċytten, *ċietten
  - Middle English: chitte
    - English: chit
    - Scots: chit
- Old Saxon: *kittīn
  - Middle Low German: *kitte
    - Low German: kitte
- Old High German: kizzīn, chizzīn; kizzi, chitzi
  - Middle High German: kitze; kitz
    - Cimbrian: khitz
    - German: Kitz

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