Where does “hircin” come from?

hircin (French) comes from Latin hircinus, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

hircin (French): hircine

Definitions

  1. hircine

Ancestry of “hircin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhircinusof a goat
2Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
3Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
4Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
5Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →