Where does “killing” come from?

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

killing (Danish): kitten; leveret

Definitions

  1. kitten; leveret

Ancestry of “killing”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseketlingrkitten
2Old Norsekǫttrcat
3Proto-Germanickattuzcat
4Latincattusa cat
5Latincattaa cat

Words derived from “killing”

Every word from Latin catta →Every word from Latin cattus →Every word from Proto-Germanic kattuz →