Where does “Patt” come from?

Patt (Luxembourgish) comes from French patté, from Old French pade, from Vulgar Latin patta, from Frankish patta, from Proto-Germanic pat-.

Patt (Luxembourgish): glass; round; paw

Definitions

  1. glass; round; paw

Ancestry of “Patt”, step by step

Patt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French patté

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchpattéNarrow at the inner end, and very broad at the...
2Old Frenchpadefoot; paw
3Vulgar Latinpattapaw, foot
4Frankishpattapaw, sole of the foot
5Proto-Germanicpat-—

via Middle High German pot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanpot—

Words derived from “Patt”

Every word from Proto-Germanic pat- →Every word from Frankish patta →Every word from Vulgar Latin patta →