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Where does “huskatt” come from?

huskatt (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål katt, from Old Norse kǫttr, from Proto-Germanic kattuz, from Latin cattus, from Latin catta — a cat.

huskatt (Norwegian Bokmål): a cat

Definitions

  1. a cat

Ancestry of “huskatt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålkatta cat
2Old Norsekǫttrcat
3Proto-Germanickattuzcat
4Latincattusa cat
5Latincattaa cat
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