Where does “porcocervo” come from?

porcocervo (Italian) comes from Italian porco, from Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic porkos, from Proto-Indo-European pórḱos, from Proto-Indo-European perḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

Ancestry of “porcocervo”, step by step

porcocervo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian porco

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianporcopig, pork; terrible, dirty, bad
2Latinporcusa piglet, a young pig; a pig, hog; Short for...
3Proto-Italicporkospig
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpórḱospiglet
5Proto-Indo-Europeanperḱ-colored; motley; to open, rip up
6Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Italian Cervo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianCervodeer
2Latincervusdeer, stag; forked stakes; cheval de frise
3Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
4Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
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