Where does “rottegift” come from?
rottegift (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål rotte, from Middle Low German rotte, from Proto-Germanic rattaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- — to scrape.
rottegift (Norwegian Bokmål): rat poison
Ancestry of “rottegift”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | rotte | a rat |
| 2 | Middle Low German | rotte | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | rattaz | rat |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₃d- | to scrape |