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Where does “sporcjâ” come from?

sporcjâ (Friulian) comes from Latin spurco, 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...

sporcjâ (Friulian): to dirty, soil, stain; to sully

Definitions

  1. to dirty, soil, stain; to sully

Ancestry of “sporcjâ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinspurcoI soil, infect; I deprave
2Latinspurcusdirty, foul, unclean; morally-polluted, base,...
3Proto-Italicsporkos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspr̥ḱós—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansper-to fidget, twitch; to push; to be quick; to...
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