Where does “Katzensprung” come from?

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

  1. stone's throw short distance

Ancestry of “Katzensprung”, step by step

Katzensprung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German katze

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankatzehouse cat, Felis silvestris catus
2Middle High Germankatzecat
3Old High Germankazzacat
4Old High Germankatta
5Proto-Celtickattācat
6Proto-Germanic*kattǭfemale cat
7Latincattaa cat
8Latincattusa cat

via German sprung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansprungjump, leap
2Middle High Germansprung
3Old High Germansprungjump
4Proto-Germanicspringanąto spring, to jump up; to burst, to explode
5Proto-Indo-Europeanspr̥ǵʰ
Every word from Latin cattus
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