Where does “katinkulta” come from?

katinkulta (Finnish) comes from Finnish katti, from Swedish katt, from Old Swedish katter, from Old Norse kǫttr, from Proto-Germanic kattuz, from Latin cattus, from Latin catta — a cat.

katinkulta (Finnish): fool's gold, biotite

Definitions

  1. fool's gold, biotite

Ancestry of “katinkulta”, step by step

katinkulta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish katti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatticat
2Swedishkattcat
3Old Swedishkattercat
4Old Norsekǫttrcat
5Proto-Germanickattuzcat
6Latincattusa cat
7Latincattaa cat

via Finnish kulta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkultagold; gold medal; darling, dear, baby
2Proto-Finnickultagold
3Proto-Germanicgulþągold
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰl̥tómgold
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow

Words derived from “katinkulta”

Every word from Latin catta →Every word from Latin cattus →Every word from Proto-Germanic kattuz →