por
Norman
noun
Definitions
- (Jersey) pig
Etymology
Inherited from Old French porc (pig, hog, pork, swine) inherited from Latin porcus (pig, domestic hog, pork, domesticated hog) derived from Proto-Indo-European *porḱ- (young swine, young pig).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*porḱ-
Gloss
young swine, young pig
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *porcopiscis Latin
- cōrtis, cōrs, cors Latin
- porca Latin
- porcaricia Latin
- porcarius Latin
- porcella Latin
- porcellus Latin
- porcile Latin
- porculus Latin
- porcus Latin
- porcāricia Latin
- porcārius Latin
- porcīle Latin
- porco Italian
- puercoespín Spanish, Castilian
- πόρκος Ancient Greek
- *perḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *porḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *pórḱos Proto-Indo-European
- pork Middle English
- purka Old Norse
- porc Old French
- porc-espin Old French
- porko Esperanto
- porc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- porko Ido
- porc Middle French
- porco Old Portuguese
- porcu Aromanian
- *porkos Proto-Italic
- piertg Romansh
- portg Romansh
- püerch Romansh
- puercu Asturian
- porcarie Friulian
- purcit Friulian
- porc Old Occitan
- puerco Old Spanish
- pòrco Ligurian
- puarc Dalmatian
- porcu Corsican
- pôrz Emilian
- pōrc Emilian