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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kutą

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

Origin Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gewd- (“to stretch, curve, vault”). Alternatively, of non-Indo-European origin, but possibly borrowed from Uralic; compare Finnish kota (“hut, house”) and Hungarian ház (“house”), both from Proto-Finno-Ugric/Proto-Uralic *kota. However, compare Dutch and English hut.[1]

Noun

*kutą n

  1. tent, stall, shed, hut

Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *kutą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kutą *kutō
vocative *kutą *kutō
accusative *kutą *kutō
genitive *kutas, *kutis *kutǫ̂
dative *kutai *kutamaz
instrumental *kutō *kutamiz

Derived terms
  • *kutjǭ
    • Old Norse: *kytja
      • ⇒ Old Norse: húskytja
  • *kautǭ
    • Proto-West Germanic: *kautā
      • Old Frisian: *kāte
        • Saterland Frisian: Koate
        • ⇒ Old Frisian: kathentol (“fish-toll”)
        • →? Middle Low German: kâte m or f
    • ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *kautijǭ
  • *kutǭ
    • Proto-West Germanic: *kotā
      • Old English: cote
        • Middle English: cote (merged with descendant of Old English cot)
      • Old Saxon: *kota
      • Old Dutch: *kota
        • Middle Dutch: kote
          • Dutch: koot (now regarded as a variant of Dutch kot)
          • ⇒ Middle Dutch: cootkijn

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *kot
    • Old English: cot
    • Old Saxon: *kot
      • Middle Low German: kot, kōt
        • Low German: Kote
    • Old Dutch: cot (“little house”), kot
      • Middle Dutch: kot (“hut, cabin”)
        • Dutch: kot
          • Negerhollands: kot, cot
            • → Virgin Islands Creole: kot (dated)
  • Old Norse: kot (“cottage, hut”)
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: kott
    • Norwegian Bokmål: kott
    • → Old Northern French: cot, cote (“hut, cottage”)
      • →⇒ Medieval Latin: cotagium
        • → Anglo-Norman: cotage
      • ⇒ Old French: cotin

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “kuta”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 313-14

Further reading
  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kuta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 313: “n. ‘shed’”
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