Where does “ratu” come from?

ratu (Asturian) comes from Latin rattus, from Proto-Germanic rattaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- — to scrape.

ratu (Asturian): mouse

Definitions

  1. mouse

Ancestry of “ratu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrattusrat
2Proto-Germanicrattazrat
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape

Words derived from “ratu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rattaz →Every word from Latin rattus →
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