Where does “rotta” come from?

rotta (Finnish) comes from Old Swedish rotta, from Middle Low German rotte, from Proto-Germanic rattaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- — to scrape.

rotta (Finnish): rat; unemployed person living on welfare

Definitions

  1. rat; unemployed person living on welfare

Ancestry of “rotta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishrotta
2Middle Low Germanrotte
3Proto-Germanicrattazrat
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape

Words derived from “rotta

Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d-Every word from Proto-Germanic rattazEvery word from Middle Low German rotte