Where does “rotanhäntä” come from?

rotanhäntä (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.

rotanhäntä (Finnish): rat tail, rat's tail

Definitions

  1. rat tail, rat's tail

Ancestry of “rotanhäntä”, step by step

rotanhäntä 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 häntä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhäntäa narrow tail; ogonek; Partitive form of hän
2Proto-Finnichäntätail
3Proto-Uralicčänčä—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rattaz →Every word from Middle Low German rotte →
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