Where does “katare” come from?

katare (Middle High German) comes from Old High German kataro, from Old Saxon kataro, from Proto-West Germanic *kataʀō — tomcat.

Ancestry of “katare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germankataro—
2Old Saxonkataro—
3Proto-West Germanic*kataʀōtomcat
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kataʀō →Every word from Old Saxon kataro →Every word from Old High German kataro →
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