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Where does “*kattuz” come from?
*kattuz (Germanic) comes from Latin cattus, from Latin catta — a cat.
Ancestry of “*kattuz”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
cattus
a cat
2
Latin
catta
a cat
Words derived from “*kattuz”
cat
cats
Katz
catnip
tomcat
Kattegat
catmint
housecat
kitling
Katzian
catstail
rooikat
kǫttr
*kattǭ
catte
kat
köttur
kattā
køttur
ketlingr
katt
katt
hreysikǫttr
trékǫttr
Every word from Latin catta →