| − | From {{etyl|enm}} {{term|cat|lang=enm}}, {{term|catte|lang=enm}}, from {{etyl|ang}} {{term|catt||male cat|lang=ang}} and {{term|catte||female cat|lang=ang}}, from {{etyl|LL.}} {{term|cattus||domestic cat|lang=la}}, from {{etyl|la}} {{term||catta|lang=la}} (c.75 B.C., Martial)<ref>Douglas Harper, ''Online Etymology Dictionary'', s.v. "cat", [html], retrieved on 29 September 2009: [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=cat].</ref>, from {{etyl|afa}} (compare [[Nubian]] ''[[kadís]]'', {{etyl|ber|-}} ''[[kaddîska]]'' 'wildcat'), from [[Late Egyptian]] ''[[čaute]]'',<ref>Jean-Paul Savignac, ''Dictionnaire français-gaulois'', s.v. "[[chat]]" (Paris: Errance, 2004), 82.</ref> feminine of ''[[čaus]]'' 'jungle cat, African wildcat', from earlier {{etyl|egy|-}} ''[[tešau]]'' 'female cat'. Cognate with {{etyl|sco|-}} {{term|cat||cat|lang=sco}}, West Frisian {{term|kat||cat|lang=fy}}, {{etyl|frr|-}} {{term|kåt||cat|lang=frr}}, Dutch {{term|kat||cat|lang=nl}}, {{etyl|nds|-}} {{term|Katt|Katt, Katte|cat|lang=nds}}, German {{term|Katze||cat|lang=de}}, Danish {{term|kat||cat|lang=da}}, Swedish {{term|katt||cat|lang=sv}}, {{etyl|is|-}} {{term|köttur||cat|lang=is}}, and also with {{etyl|de|-}} {{term|Kater||tomcat|lang=de}} and Dutch {{term|kater||tomcat|lang=nl}}. | + | From {{etyl|enm}} {{term|cat|lang=enm}}, {{term|catte|lang=enm}}, from {{etyl|ang}} {{term|catt||male cat|lang=ang}} and {{term|catte||female cat|lang=ang}}, from {{etyl|LL.}} {{term|cattus||domestic cat|lang=la}}, from {{etyl|la}} {{term||catta|lang=la}} (c.75 B.C., Martial)<ref>Douglas Harper, ''Online Etymology Dictionary'', s.v. "cat", [html], retrieved on 29 September 2009: [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=cat].</ref>, from {{etyl|afa}} (compare [[Nubian]] ''[[kadís]]'', {{etyl|ber|-}} ''[[kaddîska]]'' 'wildcat'), from [[Late Egyptian]] ''[[čaute]]'',<ref>Jean-Paul Savignac, ''Dictionnaire français-gaulois'', s.v. "[[chat]]" (Paris: Errance, 2004), 82.</ref> feminine of ''[[čaus]]'' 'jungle cat, African wildcat', from earlier {{etyl|egy|-}} ''[[kitteh]]'' 'female cat'. Cognate with {{etyl|sco|-}} {{term|cat||cat|lang=sco}}, West Frisian {{term|kat||cat|lang=fy}}, {{etyl|frr|-}} {{term|kåt||cat|lang=frr}}, Dutch {{term|kat||cat|lang=nl}}, {{etyl|nds|-}} {{term|Katt|Katt, Katte|cat|lang=nds}}, German {{term|Katze||cat|lang=de}}, Danish {{term|kat||cat|lang=da}}, Swedish {{term|katt||cat|lang=sv}}, {{etyl|is|-}} {{term|köttur||cat|lang=is}}, and also with {{etyl|de|-}} {{term|Kater||tomcat|lang=de}} and Dutch {{term|kater||tomcat|lang=nl}}. |
