*hattuz

Runic: ᚺᚨᛏᚢᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈxɑt.tuz/

noun · masculine · u-stem

Meanings

hat

Etymology

Of unclear origin.

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰnú-, from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (‘to guard, cover, protect, care for’), and compared with Latin cassis (‘helmet’), as well as possibly Proto-Slavic *kòšь (‘basket’).

However, Kroonen notes that the term looks like a derivative from the accusative plural, *hattuns, of an unattested n-stem noun *haþō, and reconstructs the Proto-Indo-European form as *kHt-nú- instead. He deduces a possible relation to Old High German hadara (‘patch, goat skin’) and Old Norse haðna (‘young goat’), and links these terms to Proto-Italic *katelos (‘young animal’); see there for more.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	hattuz	hattiwiz
Acc.	hattų	hattunz
Gen.	hattauz	hattiwǫ̂
Dat.	hattiwi	hattumaz
Inst.	hattū	hattumiz
Voc.	hattu	hattiwiz

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Descendants

*hattu (Proto-West Germanic)
- hætt, hæt (Old English)
  - het (Welsh)
*hattu (Proto-West Germanic)
- hætt, hæt (Old English)
  - hatt, hatte, hat (Middle English)
    - hat (English)
    - hata (Irish)
    - hat, hatt, hate, hait (Scots)
*hattu (Proto-West Germanic)
- hat (Old Frisian)
  - hatt, hat (North Frisian)
hǫttr (Old Norse)
- høttur, hattur (Faroese)
- höttur, hattur (Icelandic)
- hatt (Norwegian Bokmål)
- hatt (Norwegian Nynorsk)
hǫttr (Old Norse)
- hat (Old Danish)
  - hat (Danish)
hǫttr (Old Norse)
- hatter (Old Swedish)
  - hatt (Swedish)
hattr (Old Norse)
- høttur, hattur (Faroese)
- höttur, hattur (Icelandic)
- hatt (Norwegian Bokmål)
- hatt (Norwegian Nynorsk)
hattr (Old Norse)
- hat (Old Danish)
  - hat (Danish)
hattr (Old Norse)
- hatter (Old Swedish)
  - hatt (Swedish)
*hattu (Proto-Finnic)
- hattu (Finnish)
- hattu (Ingrian)
- hattu (Karelian)
- hattu (Livvi)
- hatt (Ludian)
- hattu (Votic)

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