Where does “Cricetinae” come from?

Cricetinae (Translingual) comes from Translingual Cricetus, from Czech křeček, from Czech -ek, from Old Czech -ek.

Cricetinae (Translingual): subfamily

Definitions

  1. subfamily

Ancestry of “Cricetinae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualCricetusgenus of hamsters
2Czechkřečekhamster
3Czech-ekforms masculine diminutive nouns
4Old Czech-ek—
Every word from Old Czech -ek →Every word from Czech -ek →Every word from Czech křeček →