Where does “ruohorotta” come from?

ruohorotta (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.

Ancestry of “ruohorotta”, step by step

ruohorotta 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 ruoho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruohograss mass noun; blade of grass individual specimen
2Proto-Finnicroohograss
3Proto-Germanicgrasągrass
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow

Words derived from “ruohorotta”

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