Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kuddô

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

Probably a hypocoristic formation from *keudō (“bag”), though further relations outside Germanic for both terms are unclear;[1][2] see the latter for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkud.dɔːː/

Noun

*kuddô m[1]

  1. bag; pod, shell, husk; sack; purse

Inflection

Declension of *kuddô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kuddô *kuddaniz
vocative *kuddô *kuddaniz
accusative *kuddanų *kuddanunz
genitive *kuddiniz *kuddanǫ̂
dative *kuddini *kuddammaz
instrumental *kuddinē *kuddammiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *kuddō
    • Old English: *codda; codd, cod
    • Old Frisian: kudda, kuda
    • Old Saxon: *koddo; *kod
    • Old Dutch: *koddo
    • >? Old High German: kutto
    • ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *kuddijā
      • Old English: *cydde, *cyde
        • Middle English: *kidde, *kide
          • English: kid (“seed-pod”)
          • ⇒? Middle English: kidenere, kidnere, kydeney, kedney
  • Old Norse: koddi
  • → Proto-Finnic: *kotti (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*kuddan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 308
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003), “*kuđđōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 222
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