Where does “rat” come from?

rat (Romansch) comes from Frankish rato, from Proto-Germanic rattaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- — to scrape.

rat (Romansch): rat

Definitions

  1. rat

Ancestry of “rat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishratorat
2Proto-Germanicrattazrat
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₃d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rattaz →Every word from Frankish rato →