Where does “kattstrypare” come from?
kattstrypare (Swedish) comes from Swedish katt, from Old Swedish katter, from Old Norse kǫttr, from Proto-Germanic kattuz, from Latin cattus, from Latin catta — a cat.
kattstrypare (Swedish): a cable tie
Definitions
- a cable tie
Ancestry of “kattstrypare”, step by step
kattstrypare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish katt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | katt | cat |
| 2 | Old Swedish | katter | cat |
| 3 | Old Norse | kǫttr | cat |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | kattuz | cat |
| 5 | Latin | cattus | a cat |
| 6 | Latin | catta | a cat |
via Swedish strypare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | strypare | strangler |
| 2 | Swedish | -are | Regular construction of comparative: ful →... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | -are | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs; such as væriare, from væria |
| 4 | Old Norse | -ari | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;... |
| 5 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |