Where does “kis prérityúk” come from?
kis prérityúk (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian prérityúk, from Hungarian préri, from English prairie, from French prairie, from Old French praerie, from Portuguese prataria, from Portuguese prata, from Old Portuguese prata — flat.
kis prérityúk (Hungarian): lesser prairie chicken
Definitions
- lesser prairie chicken
Ancestry of “kis prérityúk”, step by step
kis prérityúk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian prérityúk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | prérityúk | prairie chicken either of two species of flightless bird of the genus |
| 2 | Hungarian | préri | prairie |
| 3 | English | prairie | An extensive area of relatively flat grassland... |
| 4 | French | prairie | meadow, grassland, pasture, prairie |
| 5 | Old French | praerie | meadow |
| 6 | Portuguese | prataria | silverware; cutlery; plates, dishes collectively |
| 7 | Portuguese | prata | silver; one hundred cents of current currency... |
| 8 | Old Portuguese | prata | silver |
| 9 | Vulgar Latin | platta | metal plate |
| 10 | Latin | plattus | flattened |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |
via Hungarian kis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kis | small, little |