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Where does “patkány” come from?

patkány (Hungarian) comes from Italian pantegana, from Latin ([[mūs]]) [[ponticus]].

patkány (Hungarian): rat

Definitions

  1. rat

Ancestry of “patkány”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpantegana—
2Latin([[mūs]]) [[ponticus]]—

Words derived from “patkány”

  • patkányméreg
Every word from Latin ([[mūs]]) [[ponticus]] →