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