Where does “meksikonkengurotta” come from?

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

meksikonkengurotta (Finnish): Phillip's kangaroo rat, Dipodomys phillipsii

Definitions

  1. Phillip's kangaroo rat, Dipodomys phillipsii

Ancestry of “meksikonkengurotta”, step by step

meksikonkengurotta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kengurotta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkengurottakangaroo rat rodent of the genus
2Finnishrottarat; unemployed person living on welfare
3Old Swedishrotta—
4Middle Low Germanrotte—
5Proto-Germanicrattazrat
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape

via Finnish Meksiko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishMeksiko—
2EnglishMexiconow submerged under Lake Tawakoni
3SpanishMéxicoMexico
4Classical NahuatlMēxihcoMexico
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- →