Where does “Cricetinae” come from?
Cricetinae (Translingual) comes from Translingual Cricetus, from Czech křeček, from Czech -ek, from Old Czech -ek.
Ancestry of “Cricetinae”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Translingual | Cricetus | genus of hamsters |
| 2 | Czech | křeček | hamster |
| 3 | Czech | -ek | forms masculine diminutive nouns |
| 4 | Old Czech | -ek | — |