Where does “patkányméreg” come from?

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

patkányméreg (Hungarian): rat poison, raticide, rodenticide

Definitions

  1. rat poison, raticide, rodenticide

Ancestry of “patkányméreg”, step by step

patkányméreg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian patkány

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianpatkányrat
2Italianpanteganasewer rat
3Latin([[mūs]]) [[ponticus]]—

via Hungarian méreg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianméregpoison, venom, toxin; anger, wrath
Every word from Latin ([[mūs]]) [[ponticus]] →Every word from Italian pantegana →Every word from Hungarian patkány →