Where does “kater” come from?

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

Ancestry of “kater”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germankataro—
2Old Saxonkataro—
3Proto-West Germanic*kataʀōtomcat

Words derived from “kater”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kataʀō →Every word from Old Saxon kataro →Every word from Old High German kataro →