Where does “rotte” come from?

rotte (Middle Low German) comes from Proto-Germanic rattaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- — to scrape.

Ancestry of “rotte”, step by step

rotte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic rattaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicrattazrat
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape

via Proto-Germanic rattō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicrattōrat
2Proto-Indo-Europeanreh₁d-to scrape, scratch, gnaw

Words derived from “rotte”

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