Words that come from Proto-Germanic “rutāną”

103 words across 19 languages descend from Proto-Germanic rutāną — including rat, rotten, rot, rotting, rottenness, muskrat, ratty, rotter.

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English (73)

Middle English (5)

Dutch (4)

Middle Low German (3)

Volapük (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Old English (2)

Icelandic (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Scanian (1)

Torres Strait Creole (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Old Norse (1)

German (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Old Saxon (1)