Where does “rat” come from?

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

rat (Middle French): rat

Definitions

  1. rat

Ancestry of “rat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchratrat rodent
2Old High Germanratorat
3Proto-Germanicratō—
4Proto-Germanicrattazrat
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape

Words derived from “rat”

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