Where does “rott” come from?
rott (Estonian) comes from Middle Low German rotte, from Proto-Germanic rattaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- — to scrape.
rott (Estonian): rat
Ancestry of “rott”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | rotte | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | rattaz | rat |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₃d- | to scrape |