Where does “mistigri” come from?

mistigri (French) comes from French gris, from Old Occitan gris, from Frankish grīs, from Proto-Germanic grīsaz — grey; terrible; frightening.

mistigri (French): cat, malkin; Jack of Clubs

Definitions

  1. cat, malkin; Jack of Clubs

Ancestry of “mistigri”, step by step

mistigri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French gris

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgrisgrey, gray; drunk, tipsy; gray
2Old Occitangris—
3Frankishgrīsgrey
4Proto-Germanicgrīsazgrey; terrible; frightening

via Old French miste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmisteplayful name for cat

Words derived from “mistigri”

Every word from Proto-Germanic grīsaz →Every word from Frankish grīs →Every word from Old Occitan gris →