Where does “spurcans” come from?

spurcans (Latin) 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...

spurcans (Latin): soiling

Definitions

  1. soiling

Ancestry of “spurcans”, 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...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sper- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European spr̥ḱós →Every word from Proto-Italic sporkos →