Where does “rato” come from?

rato (Frankish) comes from Proto-Germanic rattaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- — to scrape.

rato (Frankish): rat

Definitions

  1. rat

Ancestry of “rato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicrattazrat
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape

Words derived from “rato

Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d-Every word from Proto-Germanic rattaz