Where does “ratar” come from?

ratar (Catalan) comes from French rater, from French rat, from Middle French rat, from Old French rat, from Old High German rato, from Proto-Germanic ratō, from Proto-Germanic rattaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- — to scrape.

ratar (Catalan): to rat, to kill rats

Definitions

  1. to rat, to kill rats

Ancestry of “ratar”, step by step

ratar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French rater

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchraterto miss; to fail; to screw up; to mess up
2Frenchratrat; sweetheart; scrooch
3Middle Frenchratrat
4Old Frenchratrat rodent
5Old High Germanratorat
6Proto-Germanicratō—
7Proto-Germanicrattazrat
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape

via Catalan rata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanratarat
2Medieval Latinrattusrat; a rat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rattaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic ratō →