Where does “katt” come from?

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

katt (Norwegian Nynorsk): a cat

Definitions

  1. a cat

Ancestry of “katt”, step by step

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

Words derived from “katt”

Every word from Latin catta →Every word from Latin cattus →Every word from Proto-Germanic kattuz →