Where does “sambiankorvarotta” come from?

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

sambiankorvarotta (Finnish): large vlei rat, Otomys maximus

Definitions

  1. large vlei rat, Otomys maximus

Ancestry of “sambiankorvarotta”, step by step

sambiankorvarotta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish korvarotta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkorvarottavlei rat
2Finnishrottarat; unemployed person living on welfare
3Old Swedishrotta—
4Middle Low Germanrotte—
5Proto-Germanicrattazrat
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape

via Finnish Sambia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSambia—
2EnglishZambiaFormerly called Northern Rhodesia
3EnglishZambeziflowing southwestwards from Zambia through east Angola and then east along Zambia's border with Zimbabwe into and through central Mozambique to the Indian Ocean
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rattaz →Every word from Middle Low German rotte →