Where does “Tigerkatze” come from?

Tigerkatze (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.

Tigerkatze (German): Either of two species in the genus Leopardus native the South America, the oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus) and the southern tigrina (Leopardus guttulus), until 2013 classed as a single species

Definitions

  1. Either of two species in the genus Leopardus native the South America, the oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus) and the southern tigrina (Leopardus guttulus), until 2013 classed as a single species

Ancestry of “Tigerkatze”, step by step

Tigerkatze 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 Tiger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTigertiger
2Latintīgristiger
3Ancient GreekΤίγριςtiger
4Old Persian𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠Tigris
5Akkadian𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼—
6Sumerian𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼as fast as an arrow
Every word from Latin cattus →