Where does “Präriehund” come from?
Präriehund (German) comes from German Prärie, from American English prairie, from French prairie, from Old French praerie, from Portuguese prataria, from Portuguese prata, from Old Portuguese prata, from Vulgar Latin platta — flat.
Präriehund (German): prairie dog
Definitions
- prairie dog
Ancestry of “Präriehund”, step by step
Präriehund traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Prärie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Prärie | prairie |
| 2 | American English | prairie | — |
| 3 | French | prairie | meadow, grassland, pasture, prairie |
| 4 | Old French | praerie | meadow |
| 5 | Portuguese | prataria | silverware; cutlery; plates, dishes collectively |
| 6 | Portuguese | prata | silver; one hundred cents of current currency... |
| 7 | Old Portuguese | prata | silver |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | platta | metal plate |
| 9 | Latin | plattus | flattened |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |