Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “Hrewd-”
104 words across 20 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European Hrewd- — including rat, rotten, rot, rotting, rottenness, muskrat, ratty, rotter.
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English (73)
- rat
- rotten
- rot
- rotting
- rottenness
- muskrat
- ratty
- rotter
- woodrat
- ratcatcher
- rotgut
- ratter
- ratline
- packrat
- rathole
- ratsbane
- ratlike
- rottenstone
- rattail
- footrot
- rottenly
- rattrap
- ratling
- ratbag
- ratfish
- rotteth
- vrot
- hoodrat
- antirat
- rugrat
- rattish
- ratshit
- wererat
- ratproof
- ratfuck
- ratskin
- ratface
- derat
- ratfink
- woodrot
- rottest
- unrotting
- rattiness
- rattery
- linkrot
- raticide
- unrotten
- rotproof
- rattily
- ratfucker
- ratless
- unrottable
- deratization
- rottable
- ratbaggery
- nonrotting
- hoofrot
- hood rat
- packrattery
- rat race
- bitrot
- whitret
- bograt
- rat-baiting
- ratfolk
- nonrat
- ratsicle
- Your Rottenness
- rotsome
- rats
- rots
- rat-fuck
- raddling