Where does “Pampaskatze” come from?

Pampaskatze (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.

Pampaskatze (German): colocolo, pampas cat (Leopardus colocolo), a small striped cat native to the western central South America

Definitions

  1. colocolo, pampas cat (Leopardus colocolo), a small striped cat native to the western central South America

Ancestry of “Pampaskatze”, step by step

Pampaskatze 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 Pampas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPampaspampas, pampa; a remote place
Every word from Latin cattusEvery word from Latin cattaEvery word from Proto-Germanic *kattǭ