Where does “katuarrain” come from?

katuarrain (Basque) comes from Basque katu, from Latin cattus, from Latin catta — a cat.

katuarrain (Basque): catfish

Definitions

  1. catfish

Ancestry of “katuarrain”, step by step

katuarrain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Basque katu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Basquekatucat; catfish; jack
2Latincattusa cat
3Latincattaa cat

via Basque arrain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Basquearrainfish
2Proto-Basque*aRanifish
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