Where does “potkan” come from?

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

potkan (Slovak): rat

Definitions

  1. rat

Ancestry of “potkan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianpatkányrat
2Italianpanteganasewer rat
3Latin([[mūs]]) [[ponticus]]—
Every word from Latin ([[mūs]]) [[ponticus]] →Every word from Italian pantegana →Every word from Hungarian patkány →