Where does “räpylärotta” come from?

räpylärotta (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.

räpylärotta (Finnish): earless water rat, Crossomys moncktoni

Definitions

  1. earless water rat, Crossomys moncktoni

Ancestry of “räpylärotta”, step by step

räpylärotta 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 räpylä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishräpyläwebfoot; swim fin; baseball mitt
2Finnishräpyttääto blink (eyes, repeatedly)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rattaz →Every word from Middle Low German rotte →