ptakopysk

Czech

Etymology

From pták (“bird”) +‎ -o- +‎ pysk (“lip”). Calque of translingual Ornithorhynchus,[1] from Ancient Greek ὄρνιθ- (órnith-) (the stem of ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”)) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”); Coined by Jan Svatopluk Presl (1791–1849).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈptakopɪsk]

Noun

ptakopysk m anim

  1. platypus

Declension

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References
  1. Boček, Vít (2011), “České názvy savců. Historicko-etymologická studie”, in Jazykovědné aktuality‎ (in Czech), archived from the original on 2016-03-05, page 128
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