Where does “matanza do porco” come from?
matanza do porco (Galician) comes from Galician dó, from Galician de, from Old Portuguese de, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti, from Proto-Indo-European pósti — afterwards, post; by, at.
matanza do porco (Galician): annual activity and celebration held in autumn consisting both in the killing of pigs and the preparation and preservation of their meat for the winter; usually it concludes with a feast
Definitions
- annual activity and celebration held in autumn consisting both in the killing of pigs and the preparation and preservation of their meat for the winter; usually it concludes with a feast
Ancestry of “matanza do porco”, step by step
matanza do porco traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Galician dó
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | dó | pain; do; C |
| 2 | Galician | de | of, from |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | de | of |
| 4 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 5 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 6 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via Galician porco
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | porco | pig; an untidy person; untidy, unclean, dirty |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | porco | — |
| 3 | Latin | porcus | a piglet, a young pig; a pig, hog; Short for... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | porkos | pig |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pórḱos | piglet |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | perḱ- | colored; motley; to open, rip up |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |