Where does “rattus” come from?
rattus (Latin) comes from Proto-Germanic rattaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- — to scrape.
rattus (Latin): rat
Ancestry of “rattus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | rattaz | rat |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₃d- | to scrape |
Words derived from “rattus”