Where does “tamkatt” come from?

tamkatt (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.

tamkatt (Swedish): domestic cat

Definitions

  1. domestic cat

Ancestry of “tamkatt”, step by step

tamkatt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish katt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkattcat
2Old Swedishkattercat
3Old Norsekǫttrcat
4Proto-Germanickattuzcat
5Latincattusa cat
6Latincattaa cat

via Swedish tam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtamtame (not afraid of people)
2Old Swedishtamber—
3Old Norsetamrtame
4Proto-Germanictamaztame
5Proto-Indo-Europeandemh₂-to tame, domesticate
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