Where does “keten” come from?

keten (Middle High German) comes from Old High German ketinna, from Proto-Germanic *katinnjā, from Vulgar Latin *catenia, from Latin catēna, from Proto-Indo-European kat- — cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

Ancestry of “keten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanketinna
2Proto-Germanic*katinnjā
3Vulgar Latin*catenia
4Latincatēnachain
5Proto-Indo-Europeankat-cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

Words derived from “keten

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kat-Every word from Latin catēnaEvery word from Vulgar Latin *catenia