Where does “chancho” come from?
chancho (Galician) comes from Galician chanchar, from Galician chantar, from Latin plantō, from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.
chancho (Galician): bite; nibble, bite; pig
Ancestry of “chancho”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Galician | chanchar | to bite |
| 2 | Galician | chantar | to plant; to thrust; to secure, strengthen |
| 3 | Latin | plantō | — |
| 4 | Latin | planta | any vegetable production that serves to propagate... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | plāntā | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₂- | flat |