Where does “קאַץ” come from?
קאַץ (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German katze, from Old High German kazza, from Old High German katta, from Proto-Celtic kattā, from Proto-Germanic *kattǭ, from Latin catta, from Latin cattus — a cat.
קאַץ (Yiddish): cat
Ancestry of “קאַץ”, step by step