Where does “ratt” come from?

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

Ancestry of “ratt”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ratt”

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