Where does “pōrkimdõ” come from?
pōrkimdõ (Livonian) comes from Latin -por, from Latin puer, from Proto-Italic *puweros.
pōrkimdõ (Livonian): couple dozen
Ancestry of “pōrkimdõ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | -por | “—’s boy” = servus |
| 2 | Latin | puer | a child; chit; a boy, lad; a male servant or... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *puweros | — |