Where does “Mähnenratte” come from?

Mähnenratte (German) comes from German Mähne, from Middle High German māne, from Old High German māno, from Proto-West Germanic mānō, from Proto-Germanic mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

Mähnenratte (German): crested rat, maned rat

Definitions

  1. crested rat, maned rat

Ancestry of “Mähnenratte”, step by step

Mähnenratte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Mähne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMähnemane
2Middle High Germanmāne—
3Old High Germanmānomoon
4Proto-West Germanicmānōmoon
5Proto-Germanicmēnômoon
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

via German Ratte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRatterat
2Middle High Germanratte—
3Old High Germanratorat
4Proto-Germanicratō—
5Proto-Germanicrattazrat
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s →Every word from Proto-Germanic mēnô →