Where does “bobkitten” come from?

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

bobkitten (English): A young bobcat

Definitions

  1. A young bobcat

Ancestry of “bobkitten”, step by step

bobkitten 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 Bob

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBobA generic male person
2Middle Englishbobbento strike, to shake; to strike, beat, shake, jog
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kattu →
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