Where does “Sackratte” come from?

Sackratte (German) comes from German sack, from Middle High German sac, from Old High German sac, from Proto-West Germanic sakku, from Proto-Germanic sakkuz, from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος — sack; sackcloth; sackcloth vestment, penitential...

Sackratte (German): crab louse; man

Definitions

  1. crab louse; man

Ancestry of “Sackratte”, step by step

Sackratte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German sack

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansacksack large bag, especially one made of fabric
2Middle High Germansac
3Old High Germansac
4Proto-West Germanicsakkusack, bag
5Proto-Germanicsakkuzsack, bag, purse
6Latinsaccussack, bag; purse, wallet, moneybag; garment of...
7Ancient Greekσάκκοςsack; sackcloth; sackcloth vestment, penitential...

via German Ratte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRatterat
2Middle High Germanratte
3Old High Germanratorat
4Proto-Germanicratō
5Proto-Germanicrattazrat
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape
Every word from Ancient Greek σάκκος