Etymology Explorer
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Where does “kāter” come from?
kāter (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon kataro, from Proto-West Germanic *kataʀō — tomcat.
Ancestry of “kāter”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Saxon
kataro
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2
Proto-West Germanic
*kataʀō
tomcat
Words derived from “kāter”
Kater
Kota
Ieedkota
Ieekjekota
Wooltkota
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