Where does “kalliorotta” come from?

kalliorotta (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.

kalliorotta (Finnish): rock rat rat of the genus

Definitions

  1. rock rat rat of the genus

Ancestry of “kalliorotta”, step by step

kalliorotta traces back through two 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 Kallio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKallioAny of a number of small places in Finland
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*kallijo
3Proto-Germanichallijǭ

Words derived from “kalliorotta

Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d-Every word from Proto-Germanic rattazEvery word from Middle Low German rotte
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