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Where does “kȍtār” come from?

kȍtār (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic *kotarъ, from Proto-Slavic kotiti, from Proto-Slavic kotъ, from Proto-Germanic kattuz, from Latin cattus, from Latin catta — a cat.

Ancestry of “kȍtār”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*kotarъ—
2Proto-Slavickotitito tumble, to roll, to crumble; to leap, to...
3Proto-Slavickotъcat; tomcat, male cat
4Proto-Germanickattuzcat
5Latincattusa cat
6Latincattaa cat

Words derived from “kȍtār”

  • kotarski
  • Kotarac
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