Where does “خنزير” come from?

خنزير (Moroccan Arabic) comes from Arabic خِنْزِير, from Aramaic חֲזִירָא.

خنزير (Moroccan Arabic): pig

Definitions

  1. pig

Ancestry of “خنزير”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicخِنْزِيرpig, swine
2Aramaicחֲזִירָא—
Every word from Aramaic חֲזִירָא →Every word from Arabic خِنْزِير →
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