Where does “Rostkatze” come from?
Rostkatze (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.
Rostkatze (German): rusty-spotted cat
Ancestry of “Rostkatze”, step by step