Where does “בוש־ראַץ” come from?

בוש־ראַץ (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ראַץ, from Middle High German ratze, from Old High German ratza, from Proto-Germanic rattō, from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d- — to scrape, scratch, gnaw.

בוש־ראַץ (Yiddish): mouse opossum

Definitions

  1. mouse opossum

Ancestry of “בוש־ראַץ”, step by step

בוש־ראַץ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish ראַץ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishראַץrat
2Middle High Germanratze—
3Old High Germanratza—
4Proto-Germanicrattōrat
5Proto-Indo-Europeanreh₁d-to scrape, scratch, gnaw

via Yiddish בוש

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishבושbush, shrub
Every word from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rattō →Every word from Old High German ratza →