Where does “piporcorn” come from?

piporcorn (Old English) comes from Old English corn, from Proto-West Germanic korn, from Proto-Germanic kurną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.

piporcorn (Old English): peppercorn

Definitions

  1. peppercorn

Ancestry of “piporcorn”, step by step

piporcorn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English corn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcorncorn, a grain or seed; a cornlike pimple, a corn...
2Proto-West Germanickorncorn, grain, cereal
3Proto-Germanickurnącorn, grain, cereal
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nómgrain
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nósmatured, grown old
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature

via Old English pipor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishpiporpepper
2Latinpiperpepper
3Ancient Greekπέπεριpepper; black pepper
4Sanskritपिप्पलिberry; peppercorn; long pepper
5Sanskritपिप्पलberry; the sacred fig, "Ficus religiosa"; a kind...

Words derived from “piporcorn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm →