Where does “ugandankalliorotta” come from?

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

ugandankalliorotta (Finnish): Kaiser's rock rat, Aethomys kaiseri

Definitions

  1. Kaiser's rock rat, Aethomys kaiseri

Ancestry of “ugandankalliorotta”, step by step

ugandankalliorotta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kalliorotta

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

via Finnish Uganda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishUganda—
2SwahiliUganda{{w|Buganda}}, subnational kingdom
3LugandaBugandaland of the Ganda
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rattaz →Every word from Middle Low German rotte →