Where does “chilentsintsillarotta” come from?
chilentsintsillarotta (Finnish) comes from Finnish rotta, from Old Swedish rotta, from Middle Low German rotte, from Proto-Germanic rattaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- — to scrape.
chilentsintsillarotta (Finnish): long-tailed chinchilla, common chinchilla, lesser...
Definitions
- long-tailed chinchilla, common chinchilla, lesser...
Ancestry of “chilentsintsillarotta”, step by step
chilentsintsillarotta traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish rotta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rotta | rat; unemployed person living on welfare |
| 2 | Old Swedish | rotta | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | rotte | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | rattaz | rat |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₃d- | to scrape |
via Finnish Chile
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Chile | — |
| 2 | Spanish | chile | chili, chilli, chile; penis |
| 3 | Quechua | chiri | cold; frost, cold; a "cold" temperature or... |
| 4 | Mapudungun | chilli | where the land ends; seagull Larus dominicanus |
via Finnish tsintsilla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tsintsilla | chinchilla |
| 2 | Spanish | chinchilla | chinchilla |