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
- rat; unemployed person living on welfare
Ancestry of “rotta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Swedish | rotta | — |
| 2 | Middle Low German | rotte | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | rattaz | rat |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₃d- | to scrape |
Words derived from “rotta”