rabbit, cony (any mammal of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs, and a short, fluffy tail) · rabbit meat · rabbit fur
çekim: çoğul króliki · tamlayan królika
eş: trusia, gw. (Śląsk Cieszyński) mycek, mycok
köken: From król + -ik. Calque of Middle High German küniklīn, küniglin, künlin, from a folk etymological interpretation of Old French connil, from Latin cunīculus. Compare Czech králík, Lower Sorbian kralik, Slovak králik. Also compare mysikrólik.
köken: Probably from auș (“old man”) + diminutive suffix -el. Other ideas suggest Vulgar Latin aucellus (“small bird”) (compare Italian uccello, French oiseau), from Latin avis, but this is harder to explain due to phonetic difficulties as well as the reason why a general term for bird would apply to a specific species.
köken: Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- (“to leap, spring forth”); see Scottish Gaelic dàir. For similar sense development, compare Ancient Greek τροχίλος (trokhílos, “Egyptian plover”) from τρέχω (trékhō, “to run”). Cognate with Old Irish dreän (“wren”) and possibly Proto-Germanic *wrandijô (modern English wren).