Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/porkos

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This Proto-Italic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Italic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (piglet).[1]

Noun

*porkos m[1]

  1. pig

Inflection

Declension of *porkos (o-stem)
singular plural
nominative *porkos *porkōs, porkoi
vocative *porke *porkōs, porkoi
accusative *porkom *porkons
genitive *porkosjo, porkī *porkom
dative *porkōi *porkois
ablative *porkōd *porkois
locative *porkei *porkois

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Latin: porcus (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “porcus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 481