Where does “vuoriokarotta” come from?

vuoriokarotta (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.

vuoriokarotta (Finnish): mountain spiny rat, Maxomys alticola

Definitions

  1. mountain spiny rat, Maxomys alticola

Ancestry of “vuoriokarotta”, step by step

vuoriokarotta traces back through 3 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 Vuori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishVuorimountain large mass of earth and rock
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish oka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishokathorn, prickle
2Spanishocagoose, especially of the domestic European...
3Quechuauqaoca, Oxalis tuberosa, an edible tuber
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rattaz →Every word from Middle Low German rotte →