Where does “קאָטער” come from?

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

קאָטער (Yiddish): tomcat

Definitions

  1. tomcat

Ancestry of “קאָטער”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germankatere—
2Old High Germankataro—
3Old Saxonkataro—
4Proto-West Germanic*kataʀōtomcat

Words derived from “קאָטער”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kataʀō →Every word from Old Saxon kataro →Every word from Old High German kataro →