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Where does “křeček” come from?

křeček (Czech) comes from Czech -ek, from Old Czech -ek.

křeček (Czech): hamster

Definitions

  1. hamster

Ancestry of “křeček”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czech-ekforms masculine diminutive nouns
2Old Czech-ek—

Words derived from “křeček”

  • criceto
  • Mesocricetus
  • Cricetidae
  • Cricetinae
  • Cricetus
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