Where does “porghel dor” come from?
porghel dor (Cornish) comes from Cornish porghel, from Cornish porhel, from Latin porcellus, from Latin porculus, from Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic porkos, from Proto-Indo-European pórḱos, from Proto-Indo-European perḱ- — passed , crossed.
porghel dor (Cornish): aardvark
Definitions
- aardvark
Ancestry of “porghel dor”, step by step
porghel dor traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Cornish porghel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornish | porghel | piglet, young pig |
| 2 | Cornish | porhel | pig |
| 3 | Latin | porcellus | piglet |
| 4 | Latin | porculus | piglet; a little pig |
| 5 | Latin | porcus | a piglet, a young pig; a pig, hog; Short for... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | porkos | pig |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pórḱos | piglet |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | perḱ- | colored; motley; to open, rip up |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Afrikaans aardvark
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | aardvark | Obsolete form of erdvark; aardvark |
| 2 | Afrikaans | aarde | Earth; earth, ground, soil |
| 3 | Dutch | aarde | earth, soil, ground; earth, ground |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | erde | the Earth; soil, ground |
| 5 | Old Dutch | ertha | earth |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | erþu | earth, world; earth, soil |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | erþō | earth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁er- | earth |