Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kittīną

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gidʰn-, *gidʰ- (“kid”).

Noun

*kittīną n

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

Old English: *ċitten
- Middle English: chitte
  - Scots: chit
  - English: chit
Old Saxon: *kittīn
- Middle Low German: *kitte
  - Low German: kitte
Old High German: kizzīn, chizzīn; kizzi, chitzi; kizzila
- Middle High German: kitze; kitz
  - German: Kitz; Kitzlein

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