Where does “râticel” come from?

râticel (Romanian) comes from Romanian rât, from Hungarian rét — meadow, grassland; fold, layer, ply, stratum.

Ancestry of “râticel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianrâtsnout
2Hungarianrétmeadow, grassland; fold, layer, ply, stratum
Every word from Hungarian rétEvery word from Romanian rât