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Where does “Havana-Katze” come from?

Havana-Katze (German) comes from German katze, from Middle High German katze, from Old High German kazza, from Old High German katta, from Proto-Celtic kattā, from Proto-Germanic *kattǭ, from Latin catta, from Latin cattus — a cat.

Havana-Katze (German): Havana Brown

Definitions

  1. Havana Brown

Ancestry of “Havana-Katze”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankatze—
2Middle High Germankatzecat
3Old High Germankazza—
4Old High Germankatta—
5Proto-Celtickattācat
6Proto-Germanic*kattǭ—
7Latincattaa cat
8Latincattusa cat
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