Where does “kōter” come from?

kōter (Vilamovian) comes from Middle High German katere, from Old High German kataro, from Old Saxon kataro, from Proto-West Germanic *kataʀō — tomcat.

kōter (Vilamovian): tomcat (male cat)

Definitions

  1. tomcat (male cat)

Ancestry of “kōter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germankatere—
2Old High Germankataro—
3Old Saxonkataro—
4Proto-West Germanic*kataʀōtomcat
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kataʀō →Every word from Old Saxon kataro →Every word from Old High German kataro →