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
Ancestry of “roof rabbit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Low German | bönhase | — |
| 2 | Middle Low German | hase | hare |
| 3 | Old Saxon | haso | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hasō | hare |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *hesô | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱeh₂s- | to lead, teach, educate; grey, hare |