Where does “valkohäntärotikko” come from?

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

valkohäntärotikko (Finnish): giant white-tailed rat, Uromys caudimaculatus

Definitions

  1. giant white-tailed rat, Uromys caudimaculatus

Ancestry of “valkohäntärotikko”, step by step

valkohäntärotikko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rotikko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrotikkogiant naked-tailed 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 häntä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhäntäa narrow tail; ogonek; Partitive form of hän
2Proto-Finnichäntätail
3Proto-Uralicčänčä—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rattaz →Every word from Middle Low German rotte →
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