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Where does “ratta” come from?

ratta (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic *ratt, from Proto-Germanic rattaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- — to scrape.

Ancestry of “ratta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*ratt—
2Proto-Germanicrattazrat
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape

Words derived from “ratta”

  • Beutelratte
  • Analratte
  • Ratte
  • Rattengift
  • Mähnenratte
  • Leseratte
  • Sackratte
  • Scheißhausratte
  • Bisamratte
  • ratte
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