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Where does “sporc” come from?

sporc (Friulian) comes from Latin spurcus, from Proto-Italic sporkos, from Proto-Indo-European spr̥ḱós, from Proto-Indo-European sper- — to fidget, twitch; to push; to be quick; to...

sporc (Friulian): dirty, foul, filthy, soiled

Definitions

  1. dirty, foul, filthy, soiled

Ancestry of “sporc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspurcusdirty, foul, unclean; morally-polluted, base,...
2Proto-Italicsporkos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanspr̥ḱós—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansper-to fidget, twitch; to push; to be quick; to...
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