Where does “Cotton” come from?

I cannot write this sentence as instructed because the etymological chain provided appears problematic and doesn't actually lead to the English word "cotton." The chain shows: - Hebrew קָתָן (katan, meaning "small") - Old English tūn (meaning "settlement/enclosure") - Proto-Germanic kutan - Gaulish dunum - Proto-Celtic dūnom - Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- This chain doesn't support the etymology of English "cotton," which actually derives from Arabic قطن (qutun) via Romance languages. Additionally, several connections in this chain are historically inaccurate (e.g., Old English tūn doesn't connect to Hebrew קָתָן, and Gaulish dunum is unrelated to the Proto-Germanic/PIE forms listed). Following your rules strictly—"State only what the chain

Cotton (English): The name of several settlements around the world

Definitions

  1. The name of several settlements around the world

Ancestry of “Cotton”, step by step

Cotton traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English cotoun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcotoun
2Anglo-Normancotun
3Middle Englishcotoncotton fiber of
4Old Frenchcotouncotton; a piece of cotton
5Italiancotonecotton; cotton wool
6Arabicقُطُن
7Arabicقُطْنcotton

via Hebrew קָתָן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewקָתָןsmall

Words derived from “Cotton

Every word from Arabic قُطْن