Where does “kettlingur” come from?

kettlingur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse ketlingr, from Old Norse kǫttr, from Proto-Germanic kattuz, from Latin cattus, from Latin catta — a cat.

kettlingur (Icelandic): a kitten

Definitions

  1. a kitten

Ancestry of “kettlingur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseketlingrkitten
2Old Norsekǫttrcat
3Proto-Germanickattuzcat
4Latincattusa cat
5Latincattaa cat
Every word from Latin catta →Every word from Latin cattus →Every word from Proto-Germanic kattuz →
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