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Where does “ко́шька” come from?

ко́шька (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic *kòťьka, from Proto-Slavic *kòťь, from Proto-Slavic kǫtъ, from Latin cattus, from Latin catta — a cat.

Ancestry of “ко́шька”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*kòťьka—
2Proto-Slavic*kòťь—
3Proto-Slavickǫtъcorner
4Latincattusa cat
5Latincattaa cat
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