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Where does “kittlin” come from?

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

kittlin (Scots): kitten

Definitions

  1. kitten

Ancestry of “kittlin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseketlingrkitten
2Old Norsekǫttrcat
3Proto-Germanickattuzcat
4Latincattusa cat
5Latincattaa cat
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