kath

From Proto-Albanian *katsa, cognate with Hittite [Term?] (/⁠kattu⁠/, “spiteful”), Old Irish cath (“id”), Tocharian A kat (“destruction”), Old Norse hǫðr (“war, slaughter”). The sense development went from 'infection, disease' to 'protuberance'.

kath m (plural kathë, definite kathi, definite plural kathët)

1. infected pimple, protuberance (in the eye)

• elbth
• byc

• cath

From Proto-Brythonic *kaθ, from Proto-Celtic *kattā.

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [kaːθ]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [kæːθ]

kath f (plural kathes)

1. cat