Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/keutaz

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

Alternative forms

*kūtaz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gewd- (“bag, stomach”), from *gew- (“to curve, arch, bulge”).

Noun

*keutaz n

Inflection

Declension of *keutaz (z-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*keutaz	*kiutizō
vocative	*keutaz	*kiutizō
accusative	*keutaz	*kiutizō
genitive	*kiutiziz	*kiutizǫ̂
dative	*kiutizi	*kiutizumaz
instrumental	*kiutizē	*kiutizumiz

Related terms

*keudō
*kūtiz
*kutilǭ

Descendants

Note: Descendants were often conflated with descendants of related Proto-Germanic *kūtiz, *kiutiz.

Proto-West Germanic: *keut, *kūt; *keutaʀ
- >? Old English: *ċēoter, *ċīeter
  - >? Middle English: *cheter, *chiter
    - >? Scots: chitter
    - ⇒ Middle English: chiterlyng, chitterling, chitterlynge, chytyrlynge
      - English: chitterling, chitlin
- Old Saxon: *kūt
  - Middle Low German: kûte, kût, kü̂te, kü̂t f or n
    - German Low German: Küüt f or n
      - → Saterland Frisian: Küüt m
      - → West Frisian: kût n
- Old Dutch: *kūt, *kiot
  - Middle Dutch: cute, cuyte, cuut, cuyt, kiet f or n
    - Dutch: kuit
    - West Flemish: kiete, kiet, kijte
    - → Middle English: kyt, kyte, kytt
>? Old Norse: kútr m (< *kūtaz)
- Icelandic: kútur
- Swedish: kut