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Where does “Kleinfleckkatze” come from?

Kleinfleckkatze (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.

Kleinfleckkatze (German): Geoffroy's cat, "Leopardus geoffroyi"

Definitions

  1. Geoffroy's cat, "Leopardus geoffroyi"

Ancestry of “Kleinfleckkatze”, step by step

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