Where does “råttan i pizzan” come from?
råttan i pizzan (Swedish) comes from English rattan, from Malay rotan, from Malay raut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *raut, from Catalan rauc, from Latin raucus, from Latin -cus, from Proto-Italic -kos — -y, -ic.
råttan i pizzan (Swedish): An urban legend
Definitions
- An urban legend
Ancestry of “råttan i pizzan”, step by step
råttan i pizzan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English rattan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rattan | Any of several species of climbing palm of the... |
| 2 | Malay | rotan | rattan; to cane with a rattan; to cane |
| 3 | Malay | raut | to trim, pare down |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *raut | — |
| 5 | Catalan | rauc | croak; hoarse |
| 6 | Latin | raucus | hoarse; harsh, rough, grating, husky; raucous |
| 7 | Latin | -cus | suffixed to nouns, forms adjectives; This suffix... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -kos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via Swedish i
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | i | used to signify that an action is done with... |
| 2 | Swedish | hop | heap, collection; a whole bunch |
| 3 | Old Norse | hópr | heap; group |
| 4 | Middle Low German | hōp | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | hōp | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | haup | heap, pile |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | haupaz | a heap, pile; a crowd, throng |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | koupos | hill |