Where does “pumpulirotta” come from?

pumpulirotta (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.

pumpulirotta (Finnish): mimic tree rat, rock-dwelling giant rat, rock-dwelling rat, Xenuromys barbatus

Definitions

  1. mimic tree rat, rock-dwelling giant rat, rock-dwelling rat, Xenuromys barbatus

Ancestry of “pumpulirotta”, step by step

pumpulirotta 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 pumpuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpumpulicotton; lint, cotton
2Swedishbomullcotton; the textile made from the fiber harvested...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rattaz →Every word from Middle Low German rotte →