Where does “ketten” come from?
ketten (German) comes from German kette, from Middle High German keten, from Old High German ketinna, from Proto-Germanic *katinnjā, from Vulgar Latin *catenia, from Latin catēna, from Proto-Indo-European kat- — cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...
ketten (German): to chain
Ancestry of “ketten”, step by step