köken: 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. Compare Polish królik, Lower Sorbian kralik, and Slovak králik.
cloud rat (especially the Northern Luzon giant cloud rat, Phloeomys pallidus)
köken: From Proto-Austronesian *buhət (“squirrel”). Sense 1 is from a Cordilleran language. Compare Ilocano bukat (“rat”), Limos Kalinga buwot (“rat”), Batad Ifugao bu'at (“rat”), and Cebuano buot (“squirrel”) / puot (“cloud rat”).
aile: buotan, buotin, magbuot
Etimoloji
Borrowed from Polish królik. Omitting several steps, from Latin cunīculus (an -ulus or -culus diminutive), via Germanic, where by folk etymology it was interpreted as related to Proto-Germanic *kuningaz (whence князь (knjazʹ)). Compare королёк (koroljók).