Where does “ראַץ” come from?

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

ראַץ (Yiddish): rat

Definitions

  1. rat

Ancestry of “ראַץ”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ראַץ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European reh₁d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rattō →Every word from Old High German ratza →