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Where does “bahianpiikkirotta” come from?

bahianpiikkirotta (Finnish) comes from Finnish piikkirotta, from Finnish rotta, from Old Swedish rotta, from Middle Low German rotte, from Proto-Germanic rattaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- — to scrape.

bahianpiikkirotta (Finnish): briste-spined rat, a species of spiny rat native...

Definitions

  1. briste-spined rat, a species of spiny rat native...

Ancestry of “bahianpiikkirotta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpiikkirottaspiny rat
2Finnishrottarat; unemployed person living on welfare
3Old Swedishrotta—
4Middle Low Germanrotte—
5Proto-Germanicrattazrat
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- →