Where does “roof rabbit” come from?

roof rabbit (English) comes from Middle Low German bönhase, from Middle Low German hase, from Old Saxon haso, from Proto-West Germanic hasō, from Proto-Germanic *hesô, from Proto-Indo-European ḱeh₂s- — to lead, teach, educate; grey, hare.

roof rabbit (English): cat meat

Definitions

  1. cat meat

Ancestry of “roof rabbit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanbönhase—
2Middle Low Germanhasehare
3Old Saxonhaso—
4Proto-West Germanichasōhare
5Proto-Germanic*hesôhare
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱeh₂s-to lead, teach, educate; grey, hare
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱeh₂s- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *hesô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hasō →