*kittīną

Runic: ᚲᛁᛏᛁᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈkit.tiː.nɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

the young of an animal; fawn; kid; whelp

Etymology

From *kittô + *-īną. The first element is tentatively from Proto-Indo-European *gidʰ-, *gidʰ-n- (‘kid’) (see *kidją), or more likely from a substrate language. For the latter case, compare *gaits (‘goat’) with its incompatible voicing.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	kittīną	kittīnō
Acc.	kittīną	kittīnō
Gen.	kittīnas, kittīnis	kittīnǫ̂
Dat.	kittīnai	kittīnamaz
Inst.	kittīnō	kittīnamiz
Voc.	kittīną	kittīnō

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Descendants

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

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