Where does “Katzenstreu” come from?
Katzenstreu (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.
Katzenstreu (German): kitty litter
Definitions
- kitty litter
Ancestry of “Katzenstreu”, step by step
Katzenstreu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German katze
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | katze | house cat, Felis silvestris catus |
| 2 | Middle High German | katze | cat |
| 3 | Old High German | kazza | cat |
| 4 | Old High German | katta | — |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | kattā | cat |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *kattǭ | female cat |
| 7 | Latin | catta | a cat |
| 8 | Latin | cattus | a cat |
via German Streu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Streu | litter; mulch |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | streve | to strive (etter / for), struggle, slave, toil |
| 3 | Old French | estriver | to compete; to argue; to dispute; to get into an... |
| 4 | Frankish | strīban | to exert, to make an effort |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | strībaną | to be stiff; stiffen; to exert; make an effort |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | streybʰ- | to be stiff |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |