Where does “neunschwänzige Katze” come from?
neunschwänzige Katze (German) comes from German neun, from Old High German niun, from Proto-West Germanic neun, from Proto-Germanic newun, from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥ — nine.
neunschwänzige Katze (German): cat-o’-nine-tails
Ancestry of “neunschwänzige Katze”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | neun | nine |
| 2 | Old High German | niun | nine |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | neun | nine |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | newun | nine |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁néwn̥ | nine |