králík
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Czech
Etymology
Diminutive of král (“king”) (as král + -ík), formed as a calque of Middle High German küniclīn, understood by folk etymology to be a diminutive of künic (“king”), despite being in fact derived from Latin cunīculus (“rabbit”) with uncertain origin.[1][2] Compare Polish królik, Lower Sorbian kralik, and Slovak králik.
Pronunciation
Noun
králík m anim (related adjective králičí, diminutive králíček)
Declension
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See also
- zajíc m
References
- ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “králík”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
- ^ Václav Machek (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia