Where does “tolmukott” come from?

tolmukott (Estonian) comes from Estonian kott, from Russian кот, from Old East Slavic котъ, from Proto-Slavic kǫtъ, from Latin cattus, from Latin catta — a cat.

tolmukott (Estonian): dust bag

Definitions

  1. dust bag

Ancestry of “tolmukott”, step by step

tolmukott traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian kott

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniankottbag; sack; pocket
2Russianкотtomcat
3Old East Slavicкотъcat
4Proto-Slavickǫtъcorner
5Latincattusa cat
6Latincattaa cat

via Estonian tolm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniantolmdust
Every word from Latin catta →Every word from Latin cattus →Every word from Proto-Slavic kǫtъ →