Where does “rat” come from?

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

rat (Old French): rat rodent

Definitions

  1. rat rodent

Ancestry of “rat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanratorat
2Proto-Germanicratō—
3Proto-Germanicrattazrat
4Proto-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 →