Where does “vat” come from?
vat (Danish) comes from German Watte, from Dutch watten, from French ouate — cotton wool; first-person singular present...
vat (Danish): cotton wool
Ancestry of “vat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Watte | cotton wool |
| 2 | Dutch | watten | cotton wool |
| 3 | French | ouate | cotton wool; first-person singular present... |