Where does “viskatsarotta” come from?

viskatsarotta (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.

viskatsarotta (Finnish): viscacha rat, Octomys mimax South American rodent

Definitions

  1. viscacha rat, Octomys mimax South American rodent

Ancestry of “viskatsarotta”, step by step

viskatsarotta 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 viskatsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviskatsaviscacha South American rodent
2Spanishvizcachaviscacha
3Quechuawisk'achaviscacha
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rattaz →Every word from Middle Low German rotte →