Where does “ко́шка” come from?

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

ко́шка (Russian): cat

Definitions

  1. cat

Ancestry of “ко́шка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicко́шька—
2Proto-Slavic*kòťьkafemale cat
3Proto-Slavic*kòťьcat
4Proto-Slavickǫtъcorner
5Latincattusa cat
6Latincattaa cat

Words derived from “ко́шка”

Every word from Latin catta →Every word from Latin cattus →Every word from Proto-Slavic kǫtъ →