Where does “grootkolmuskeljaatkat” come from?
grootkolmuskeljaatkat (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans muskeljaatkat, from Afrikaans kat, from Dutch kat, from Middle Dutch catte, from Old Dutch katta, from Proto-Celtic kattā, from Proto-Germanic *kattǭ, from Latin catta — a cat.
grootkolmuskeljaatkat (Afrikaans): Cape genet (Genetta tigrina)
Definitions
- Cape genet (Genetta tigrina)
Ancestry of “grootkolmuskeljaatkat”, step by step
grootkolmuskeljaatkat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Afrikaans muskeljaatkat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | muskeljaatkat | genet (member of Genetta) |
| 2 | Afrikaans | kat | cat |
| 3 | Dutch | kat | cat, pussy, "Felis silvestris catus"; female cat;... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | catte | cat |
| 5 | Old Dutch | katta | cat |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | kattā | cat |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *kattǭ | female cat |
| 8 | Latin | catta | a cat |
| 9 | Latin | cattus | a cat |
via Afrikaans groot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | groot | great; big; large |
| 2 | Dutch | groot | big, large, great; great, important, eminent,... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | grôot | big, large |
| 4 | Old Dutch | grōt | big, large |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | graut | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | grautaz | coarse, crude; big, large |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |