Where does “niilinruohorotta” come from?

niilinruohorotta (Finnish) comes from Finnish Niili, from Ancient Greek νεῖλος, from Arabic نِيل, from Persian نیل, from Arabic نيل, from Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫, from Sanskrit नील, from Proto-Indo-European neyH- — to lead.

niilinruohorotta (Finnish): Newmann's grass rat

Definitions

  1. Newmann's grass rat

Ancestry of “niilinruohorotta”, step by step

niilinruohorotta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Niili

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishNiiliNile
2Ancient Greekνεῖλοςriver valley
3Arabicنِيلindigo
4Persianنیلindigo
5Arabicنيلverbal noun of نَالَ; indigo; to colour indigo
6Middle Persian𐭭𐭩𐭫indigo
7Sanskritनीलof a dark color
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanneyH-to lead

via Finnish ruohorotta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruohorotta
2Finnishrottarat; unemployed person living on welfare
3Old Swedishrotta
4Middle Low Germanrotte
5Proto-Germanicrattazrat
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European neyH-Every word from Sanskrit नीलEvery word from Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫
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