Where does “Kater” come from?
Kater (German Low German) comes from Middle Low German kāter, from Old Saxon kataro, from Proto-West Germanic *kataʀō.
Kater (German Low German): tomcat, male cat, he-cat
Ancestry of “Kater”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | kāter | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | kataro | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *kataʀō | — |