Where does “קוטר” come from?

קוטר (Hebrew) comes from Yiddish קאָטער, from Middle High German katere, from Old High German kataro, from Old Saxon kataro, from Proto-West Germanic *kataʀō — tomcat.

קוטר (Hebrew): diameter

Definitions

  1. diameter

Ancestry of “קוטר”, step by step

קוטר traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish קאָטער

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishקאָטערtomcat
2Middle High Germankatere—
3Old High Germankataro—
4Old Saxonkataro—
5Proto-West Germanic*kataʀōtomcat

via Arabic قُطْر

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicقُطْر—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kataʀō →Every word from Old Saxon kataro →Every word from Old High German kataro →