Where does “Waldkatze” come from?
Waldkatze (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.
Waldkatze (German): European wildcat
Ancestry of “Waldkatze”, step by step