Ratte

Etymology
From, from , , from , from ; see that entry and for more. Compare also 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

The consonantism ratta in Old High German (instead of *razza) is unexplained. One possible explanation is that the form was borrowed from. The dialectal German variant could be reflective of an inherited Proto-Germanic form, an adaptation of the Old Saxon form, or (perhaps most likely) a later expressive derivative.

Noun

 * 1) rat