Where does “Stinkkatze” come from?

Stinkkatze (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.

Stinkkatze (German): skunk

Definitions

  1. skunk

Ancestry of “Stinkkatze”, step by step

Stinkkatze 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 stinken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstinkento stink
2Middle High Germanstinken—
3Old High Germanstinkan—
4Proto-West Germanic*stinkwanto stink
5Proto-Germanicstinkwanąto hit; thrust; clash; to emit a smell; stink
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstengʷ-to push

Words derived from “Stinkkatze”

Every word from Latin cattus →