Where does “hannkatt” come from?

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

hannkatt (Norwegian Nynorsk): a tomcat

Definitions

  1. a tomcat

Ancestry of “hannkatt”, step by step

hannkatt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk katt

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

via Norwegian Nynorsk hann

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskhannmale
2Norwegian Nynorskhanhe, him, it
3Old Norsehánnhe third-person nominative singular masculine personal pronoun
4Proto-Norsehānaʀ—
Every word from Latin catta →Every word from Latin cattus →Every word from Proto-Germanic kattuz →