Where does “котя се” come from?

котя се (Bulgarian) comes from Bulgarian ко́тя, from Proto-Slavic kotiti, from Proto-Slavic kotъ, from Proto-Germanic kattuz, from Latin cattus, from Latin catta — a cat.

котя се (Bulgarian): to beget, to conceive of female animals

Definitions

  1. to beget, to conceive of female animals

Ancestry of “котя се”, step by step

котя се traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bulgarian ко́тя

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianко́тяto bear, to brood, to give birth to
2Proto-Slavickotitito tumble, to roll, to crumble; to leap, to...
3Proto-Slavickotъcat; tomcat, male cat
4Proto-Germanickattuzcat
5Latincattusa cat
6Latincattaa cat

via Bulgarian се

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianсеthe accusative short form of the reflexive...
2Proto-Slavicsęoneself: myself, yourself, himself, herself,...
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*senoneself
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself
Every word from Latin catta →Every word from Latin cattus →Every word from Proto-Germanic kattuz →