Where does “catze” come from?
catze (French) comes from Italian cazzo, from Italian cazza, from Latin cattia, from Old High German keȥȥil, from Proto-West Germanic *katil, from Proto-Germanic katilaz, from Latin catīllus, from Latin -lus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
catze (French): penis
Ancestry of “catze”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | cazzo | dick, cock, prick; shit , jackshit , sod all ,... |
| 2 | Italian | cazza | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | cattia | pan |
| 4 | Old High German | keȥȥil | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *katil | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | katilaz | kettle, bucket, vessel |
| 7 | Latin | catīllus | — |
| 8 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |