Where does “prérikutya” come from?
prérikutya (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian préri, from English prairie, from French prairie, from Old French praerie, from Portuguese prataria, from Portuguese prata, from Old Portuguese prata, from Vulgar Latin platta — flat.
prérikutya (Hungarian): prairie dog
Definitions
- prairie dog
Ancestry of “prérikutya”, step by step
prérikutya traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian préri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | préri | prairie |
| 2 | English | prairie | An extensive area of relatively flat grassland... |
| 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 |
via Hungarian kutya
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kutya | dog |