nincs tisztazva; szamos valtozat nepetimologias alakulas, reszben a szot tartalmazo osszetetelekbo"l. -- Elhomalyosult osszetetelkent valo magyarazata aligha valoszinu", szlav kozvetitesen keresztul gorog szora valo visszavezetese -- s egyben a lidere es a vampir szavakkal valo tavolabbi rokonitasa -- teves." Here is an English translation of that passage: "The origin of the word is unknown. The relationship of the forms "denever~denevere" to "tenever~tenevere" and "teneri" is not clear. There are a number of folk-etymologies. The explanation that would explain this word as a compound word, which is no longer felt as such, is not very probable. It is also unlikely that it can be traced back to Greek, by way of Slavic mediation, while any connexion with words like "lidere" ("goblin") and "vampir" is clearly false." It is tempting to see the Hungarian word for "blood", i.e. "ver" (cf. Finnish "veri"), at the end of "denever". However, I have found no evidence that this is so and the authoritative opinion given above makes no mention of such a possibility. Given that the other common Hungarian words for "bat", viz. "boreger" = "leather mouse", "bormadar" = "leather bird", "szarnyaseger" = "winged mouse", are transparently descriptive words of clear etymology, I see no reason to deem "denever" a "taboo" word.(C) English "bat":According to Kluge [2002] "bat" derives from Scandinavian, cf. Old Swedish "bakka", Old Danish "bakke". Klein [1966] and Weekley [1967] agree with Kluge on this etymology. Old Danish "bakke" often occurs as "aftenbakke" = "evening bat" and Old Swedish "bakka" in the form"nattbakka" = "night bat". Seemingly these Scandinavian words are the "bacon" word. Riegler [1929-1930: 1579-1798] notes dialects in Rheinland-Pfalz and south Hessen which have "Speckmaus" for "bat": "Die Volksmeinung, dass Fledermause Speck fressen, war noch zu Ende des 19. Jh. allgemein verbreitet ..., und in der Naturwissenschaft des 18. Jh. wurden Fledermaus und Speckmaus synonym benutzt ..." Riegler [ibid.] agrees with Kluge that "bat" is the "bacon" word: "... geht Fledermaus = 'bat' (schriftengl.) auf mittelengl. 'backe' zuruck und wurzelt im german. 'bakon' = Speck ... 'Dieser Vogel (Fledermaus, d.A.) wird eine Speckmauss genennet; weil er den Speck isset, und die Schweineseiten durchnaget." I do not share Riegler's opinion with respect to how the "bacon" ~ "bat" connexion has come about, preferring, for my own part, to make the connexion through the way flitches of bacon are hung. Suspended from the ceiling on hooks, they are reminiscent of the way that "bats" hang when roosting. Cf. the following nursery rhyme from England:Bat, bat, come under my hatand I'll give you a piece of bacon,and when I bake, I'll give you a cake,if I am not mistaken.According to Klein [1966], the word "bat" was brought to England by the Vikings, supplanting the Anglo-Saxon word "hrermus" = "moving mouse", which now only occurs spasmodically in some dialects as "rearmouse" and "reremouse". (5)(D) Moldavian "lilijak"; Romanian "liliac"; Macedonian "liljak"; Serbian "ljiljak"; Romany "lilijako":This word is of uncertain origin, but de Cihac [1879] connects it with Czech "lelek" = "nightjar", Polish "lelek" = "nightjar", Russian "lelek" = "nightjar", all apparently from CS "*lilk" / "*lelk", the