Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kīþą

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

From Proto-Indo-European *ģ(e)yH-tí-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵī-, *ǵey- (“to split open, sprout”). Related to Proto-Germanic *kī- (“to split open, germinate, sprout”); see *kīnaną for more.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkiː.θɑ̃/

Noun

*kīþą n

(botany) seed, germ; seedling, shoot, sprout

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *kīþą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kīþą	*kīþō
vocative	*kīþą	*kīþō
accusative	*kīþą	*kīþō
genitive	kīþas, kīþis	*kīþǫ̂
dative	*kīþai	*kīþamaz
instrumental	*kīþō	*kīþamiz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *kīþ; *kīþī; *kīþō
- Old English: ċīþ, ċȳþ
  - Middle English: chithe, chide, chive, chis, chire, *chitte, *chit
    - English: chit, chive
      - ⇒ English: chism
    - Scots: chit
- Old Saxon: *kīth (attested in genitive plural kītho and dative plural kīthun)
- Old Dutch: *kīthi
  - Middle Dutch: *kijde, kiede
  - → Old French: cion, ciun, sion
    - Middle French: sion
      - French: scion
    - Picard: chion
    - → Middle English: sioun, cioun, ciun, cyun, scion, scioun, sion, siun, syon, syoun
      - English: scion
- Old High German: *chīdi, *kīdi; *kīd
  - Middle High German: kīde, kīt
    - German: Keid (dialectal)
    - ⇒ Alemannic German: chiide

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kīþa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 289

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kīþa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 289