Where does “catsiaans” come from?

catsiaans (Dutch) comes from English cats, from English cat, from Middle English catte, from Old English catte, from Germanic *kattǭ, from Germanic *kattuz, from Latin cattus, from Latin catta — a cat.

catsiaans (Dutch): Catsian; of or pertaining to Jacob Cats (1577–1660), a Dutch jurist and poet mostly known for his moralistic emblem books

Definitions

  1. Catsian; of or pertaining to Jacob Cats (1577–1660), a Dutch jurist and poet mostly known for his moralistic emblem books

Ancestry of “catsiaans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcatsplural of cat; Third-person singular simple...
2EnglishcatAn animal of the family Felidae; A person; A...
3Middle Englishcatte—
4Old Englishcattea female cat
5Germanic*kattǭ—
6Germanic*kattuz—
7Latincattusa cat
8Latincattaa cat
Every word from Latin catta →Every word from Latin cattus →Every word from Germanic *kattuz →