Where does “crab-eating rat” come from?
crab-eating rat (English) comes from English eating, from Middle English etynge, from Old English eting, from Old English -ing, from Old English -tūn, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną — smoke; mist, haze.
crab-eating rat (English): Ichthyomys hydrobates, a species of rat found in northern South America
Definitions
- Ichthyomys hydrobates, a species of rat found in northern South America
Ancestry of “crab-eating rat”, step by step
crab-eating rat traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English eating
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | eating | present participle of eat; Bred to be eaten;... |
| 2 | Middle English | etynge | eating |
| 3 | Old English | eting | eating |
| 4 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 5 | Old English | -tūn | homestead, village, town |
| 6 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 9 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 10 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via English crab
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | crab | A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having... |
| 2 | English | carabiner | A metal link with a gate that can open and close,... |
| 3 | German | Karabinerhaken | carabiner, snap hook, snap-link |
| 4 | German | Karabiner | carbine; Karabinerhaken: carabiner |
| 5 | French | carabine | rifle; mistress of a cavalry soldier |
| 6 | French | carabin | carabineer; medical student |
| 7 | French | escarrabin | grave digger |
| 8 | Middle French | scarabée | beetle |
| 9 | Latin | scarabaeus | A scarab, black dung beetle, revered in Ancient... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | κάραβος | a kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a... |