Where does “kǫttr” come from?

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

kǫttr (Old Norse): cat

Definitions

  1. cat

Ancestry of “kǫttr”, step by step

kǫttr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic kattuz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickattuzcat
2Latincattusa cat
3Latincattaa cat

via Germanic *kattuz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanic*kattuz—

Words derived from “kǫttr”

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