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