Where does “ratonner” come from?

ratonner (French) comes from French raton, from French rat, from Middle French rat, from Old French rat, from Old High German rato, from Proto-Germanic ratō, from Proto-Germanic rattaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- — to scrape.

ratonner (French): to engage in racist attacks

Definitions

  1. to engage in racist attacks

Ancestry of “ratonner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchratonyoung rat; raccoon; someone of Arab or Algerian...
2Frenchratrat; sweetheart; scrooch
3Middle Frenchratrat
4Old Frenchratrat rodent
5Old High Germanratorat
6Proto-Germanicratō—
7Proto-Germanicrattazrat
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rattaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic ratō →