Where does “porket” come from?

porket (English) comes from Tagalog porke, from Spanish porqué, from Spanish por qué, from Spanish por, from Old Spanish por, from Vulgar Latin por, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus — to fit, to fix, to put together.

porket (English): A young hog; a pig

Definitions

  1. A young hog; a pig

Ancestry of “porket”, step by step

porket traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog porke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogporkejust because
2Spanishporquéa reason
3Spanishpor quéwhy, for what reason
4Spanishporby; for; through, out, via
5Old Spanishpor
6Vulgar Latinporfor
7Latinprōfor
8Latinratusconsidered, having been considered; established,...
9Latinrēōrto reckon, calculate
10Proto-Italicrēōrto reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via French porc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchporcpork; pig
2Middle Frenchporcpig; hog; swine
3Old Frenchporcpig; hog; swine
4Latinporcusa piglet, a young pig; a pig, hog; Short for...
5Proto-Italicporkospig
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpórḱospiglet
7Proto-Indo-Europeanperḱ-colored; motley; to open, rip up
8Proto-Indo-Europeanprē-to spray, inject, snort
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-