Where does “katanac” come from?

katanac (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian catena, from Latin catēna, from Proto-Indo-European kat- — cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

katanac (Serbo-Croatian): padlock

Definitions

  1. padlock

Ancestry of “katanac”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancatenachain; bond, fetter; subordination, repression;...
2Latincatēnachain
3Proto-Indo-Europeankat-cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kat- →Every word from Latin catēna →Every word from Italian catena →