Where does “chilenpussirotta” come from?

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

chilenpussirotta (Finnish): monito del monte, Dromiciops gliroides

Definitions

  1. monito del monte, Dromiciops gliroides

Ancestry of “chilenpussirotta”, step by step

chilenpussirotta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pussirotta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpussirottaopossum
2Finnishrottarat; unemployed person living on welfare
3Old Swedishrotta—
4Middle Low Germanrotte—
5Proto-Germanicrattazrat
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape

via Finnish Chile

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishChile—
2Spanishchilechili, chilli, chile; penis
3Quechuachiricold; frost, cold; a "cold" temperature or...
4Mapudungunchilliwhere the land ends; seagull Larus dominicanus
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rattaz →Every word from Middle Low German rotte →