patkány
Hungarian
noun
Definitions
- (zoology) rat a medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus
- (figuratively) rat a harmful, despicable person
Etymology
Derived from Slovene podgana derived from Italian pantegana derived from ποντικός.
Origin
ποντικός
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- méreg Hungarian
- patkányméreg Hungarian
- patkányok Hungarian
- pantegana Italian
- Ποντικός μῦς Ancient Greek
- ποντικός Greek (modern)
- паткан Bulgarian
- podgana Slovene
- ποντικός gkm