gatënk

Kashubian

Alternative forms

  • gatunk

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *gadazder.
Proto-West Germanic *gad
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-West Germanic *-ōn
Proto-West Germanic *gadōnder.
Old High German bigaton
Middle High German gaten
Middle High German gatunge
German Gattungbor.
Kashubian gatënk

    Borrowed from German Gattung. Compare Polish gatunek.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɡaˈtɜŋk/
    • Rhymes: -ɜŋk
    • Syllabification: ga‧tënk

    Noun

    gatënk m inan (related adjective gatunkòwi)

    1. type, kind, sort; genre; species
    2. quality (level of excellence)
    3. (taxonomy) species (category in the classification of organisms, ranking below genus; a taxon at that rank)

    Further reading

    • Stefan Ramułt (1893), “gatenk”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 39
    • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “gatunek”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[1]
    • “gatënk”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
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