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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *kattǭ</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-02"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_kattǭ</idno>
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        <p>Single-entry extract from the dictionary. Cross-references to other entries point to their identifiers in the full dictionary.</p>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_katto" type="noun" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kattǭ">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>kattǭ</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈkɑt.tɔ̃ː</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᚲᚨᛏᛟ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>noun</pos>
            <gram type="gender">feminine</gram>
            <gram type="stem">ōn-stem</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>female cat</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">Feminine form of *kattuz.</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom">
              <orth>kattǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom">
              <orth>kattōniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc">
              <orth>kattōnų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc">
              <orth>kattōnunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen">
              <orth>kattōniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen">
              <orth>kattōnǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat">
              <orth>kattōni</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat">
              <orth>kattōmaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr">
              <orth>kattōnē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr">
              <orth>kattōmiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #voc">
              <orth>kattǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #voc">
              <orth>kattōniz</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
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                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*kattā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>katta, *catta</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>catte</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Limburgish</lang>
                        <orth>kat</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>West Flemish</lang>
                        <orth>katte</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*kattā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>katta, *catta</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>catte</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>kat</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Jersey Dutch</lang>
                          <orth>kāt</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Negerhollands</lang>
                          <orth>katje</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Skepi Creole Dutch</lang>
                          <orth>kat</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*kattā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>katta, *catta</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>catte</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>kat</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Afrikaans</lang>
                          <orth>kat</orth>
                          <form type="descendant">
                            <lang>Xhosa</lang>
                            <orth>ikati</orth>
                          </form>
                          <form type="descendant">
                            <lang>Zulu</lang>
                            <orth>ikati</orth>
                          </form>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*kattā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>catte</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>catte, katte</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*kattā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>katte</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>North Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>?</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Saterland Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>Kat</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>kat</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*kattā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>kazza, chazza</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>katze</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Alemannic German</lang>
                        <orth>Chatz, Chats, Chazz, Chaz, Kàtz, chatza, chatzu, chatzò, chàzzà</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>Katze</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Luxembourgish</lang>
                        <orth>Kaz</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Yiddish</lang>
                        <orth>קאַץ (kats)</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*kattā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>kazza, chazza</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>katze</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Bavarian</lang>
                        <orth>ckozza, khoze, kòtze, Katz</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Cimbrian</lang>
                          <orth>katze, khatz, khatza</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Mòcheno</lang>
                          <orth>kòtz</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*kattā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>kazza, chazza</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>katze</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Central Franconian</lang>
                        <orth>?</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Hunsrik</lang>
                          <orth>Katz</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*kattā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>kazza, chazza</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>katze</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Rhine Franconian</lang>
                        <orth>?</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Pennsylvania German</lang>
                          <orth>Katz</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*kattā</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>katta</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>katte</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Low German</lang>
                        <orth>Katte</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Dutch Low Saxon</lang>
                          <orth>katte</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>German Low German</lang>
                          <orth>Katt, Katte</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Plautdietsch</lang>
                          <orth>Kautt, Kaut</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>ketta</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>ketta</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>ketta</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>ketta</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian</lang>
                    <orth>kjette, kjetta</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Danish</lang>
                      <orth>kætte, kjætte</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                        <orth>kjette</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>ketta</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>kætta</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>katta</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
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          </re>
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