Where does “kattenstaart” come from?
kattenstaart (Dutch) comes from Dutch paard, from Middle Dutch pert, from Old Dutch pered, from Old High German parafred, from Latin paraverēdus, from Ancient Greek παρά, from Latin verēdus, from Gaulish werēdos — horse.
kattenstaart (Dutch): a cat's tail
Definitions
- a cat's tail
Ancestry of “kattenstaart”, step by step
kattenstaart traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch paard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | paard | A horse, "Equus caballus" or "Equus ferus"; A... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | pert | horse |
| 3 | Old Dutch | pered | — |
| 4 | Old High German | parafred | — |
| 5 | Latin | paraverēdus | a horse for travel off public roads or to out of the way places |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | παρά | |
| 7 | Latin | verēdus | A fast or light breed of horse; courier's horse; hunter |
| 8 | Gaulish | werēdos | horse |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | *uɸoreidos | horse |
via Dutch staart
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | staart | A tail on an animal; An object dangling like an... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | stert | tail; behind, backside; back part of something |
| 3 | Old Dutch | stert | tail |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *stert | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | stertaz | tail |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)terd- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ter- | strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to... |