Where does “rotanraato” come from?

rotanraato (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.

rotanraato (Finnish): rat carcass, rat cadaver

Definitions

  1. rat carcass, rat cadaver

Ancestry of “rotanraato”, step by step

rotanraato 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 raato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishraatoAn animal carcass, corpse; A dead human corpse
2Proto-Finnicraatoanimal carcass
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rattaz →Every word from Middle Low German rotte →