Where does “kat” come from?

kat (Danish) comes from Old Norse kǫttr, from Proto-Germanic kattuz, from Latin cattus, from Latin catta — a cat.

kat (Danish): cat; khat

Definitions

  1. cat; khat

Ancestry of “kat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsekǫttrcat
2Proto-Germanickattuzcat
3Latincattusa cat
4Latincattaa cat

Words derived from “kat

Every word from Latin cattaEvery word from Latin cattusEvery word from Proto-Germanic kattuz