Where does “ketten” come from?

ketten (Middle English) comes from Old Norse kytja, from Proto-Germanic kutjaną — to cut.

ketten (Middle English): to cut

Definitions

  1. to cut

Ancestry of “ketten”, step by step

ketten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse kytja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsekytjahovel, small cottage
2Proto-Germanickutjanąto cut

via Old Norse kutta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsekutta—
2Proto-Germanickuttanąto cut

Words derived from “ketten”

Every word from Proto-Germanic kutjaną →Every word from Old Norse kytja →