Where does “Bisamratte” come from?

Bisamratte (German) comes from German Ratte, from Middle High German ratte, from Old High German rato, from Proto-Germanic ratō, from Proto-Germanic rattaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- — to scrape.

Bisamratte (German): muskrat

Definitions

  1. muskrat

Ancestry of “Bisamratte”, step by step

Bisamratte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Ratte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRatterat
2Middle High Germanratte—
3Old High Germanratorat
4Proto-Germanicratō—
5Proto-Germanicrattazrat
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape

via German bisam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbisammusk
2Middle High Germanbisem—
3Old High Germanbisam—
4Medieval Latinbisamum—
5Hebrewבושםperfume
6Proto-Semitic*buśm-—

Words derived from “Bisamratte”

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