Where does “piggily” come from?
piggily (English) comes from English piggy, from English pig, from Middle English pigge, from Old English picga, from Proto-West Germanic piggō — pig.
piggily (English): In a piggy manner
Ancestry of “piggily”, step by step
piggily traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English piggy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | piggy | A pig; A guinea pig; A toe |
| 2 | English | pig | Any of several intelligent mammalian species of... |
| 3 | Middle English | pigge | A piglet or young pig; A pig irrespective of age;... |
| 4 | Old English | picga | a young pig; piglet |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | piggō | pig |
via English ly
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | ly | Abbreviation of light-year |
| 2 | Vietnamese | ly | Alternative spelling of li |