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Where does “cuminginrotta” come from?

cuminginrotta (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.

cuminginrotta (Finnish): southern giant slender-tailed cloud rat, southern...

Definitions

  1. southern giant slender-tailed cloud rat, southern...

Ancestry of “cuminginrotta”, step by step

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