Where does “prérityúk” come from?
prérityúk (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.
prérityúk (Hungarian): prairie chicken either of two species of flightless bird of the genus
Definitions
- prairie chicken either of two species of flightless bird of the genus
Ancestry of “prérityúk”, step by step
prérityúk 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 tyúk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | tyúk | hen |