Where does “prérikutyák” come from?
prérikutyák (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian prérikutya, from Hungarian préri, from English prairie, from French prairie, from Old French praerie, from Portuguese prataria, from Portuguese prata, from Old Portuguese prata — flat.
prérikutyák (Hungarian): nominative plural of prérikutya
Definitions
- nominative plural of prérikutya
Ancestry of “prérikutyák”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | prérikutya | prairie dog |
| 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 |