Where does “Wooltkota” come from?

Wooltkota (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Woolt, from Middle Low German wôlt, from Old Saxon wāld, from Proto-West Germanic walþu, from Proto-Germanic walþuz, from Proto-Indo-European wel- — to see.

Wooltkota (Plautdietsch): gray squirrel

Definitions

  1. gray squirrel

Ancestry of “Wooltkota”, step by step

Wooltkota traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Woolt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschWooltforest, woods
2Middle Low Germanwôlta wood, a forest
3Old Saxonwāldforest
4Proto-West Germanicwalþuforest
5Proto-Germanicwalþuzforest
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwel-to see

via Plautdietsch Kota

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschKotatomcat
2Middle Low Germankāter—
3Old Saxonkataro—
4Proto-West Germanic*kataʀōtomcat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic walþuz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic walþu →