Where does “Kitler” come from?

Kitler (English) comes from English kitten, from Middle English kitoun, from Middle English cat, from Old English catt, from Proto-West Germanic *kattu — cat.

Kitler (English): A cat that resembles

Definitions

  1. A cat that resembles

Ancestry of “Kitler”, step by step

Kitler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English kitten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkittenA young cat, especially before sexual maturity; A...
2Middle Englishkitounkitten
3Middle Englishcatcat (feline)
4Old Englishcattcat
5Proto-West Germanic*kattucat

via English Hitler

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHitlerAn unnecessarily dictatorial person
2GermanHitlerAdolf Hitler
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kattu →