Where does “rato” come from?
rato (Old Dutch) comes from Frankish ratt, from Proto-Germanic rattaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- — to scrape.
Ancestry of “rato”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Frankish | ratt | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | rattaz | rat |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₃d- | to scrape |
Words derived from “rato”