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

  1. long-tailed chinchilla, common chinchilla, lesser...

Ancestry of “chilentsintsillarotta”, step by step

chilentsintsillarotta traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rotta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrottarat; unemployed person living on welfare
2Old Swedishrotta
3Middle Low Germanrotte
4Proto-Germanicrattazrat
5Proto-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

via Finnish tsintsilla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtsintsillachinchilla
2Spanishchinchillachinchilla
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d-Every word from Proto-Germanic rattazEvery word from Middle Low German rotte
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