Katzensprung (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.
Katzensprung (German): stone's throw short distance
Definitions
stone's throw short distance
Ancestry of “Katzensprung”, step by step
Katzensprung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.