Where does “porca” come from?
porca (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin porca, from Esperanto porka, from Esperanto porko, from Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic porkos, from Proto-Indo-European pórḱos, from Proto-Indo-European perḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
Ancestry of “porca”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | porca | sow; the ridge between two furrows; a balk |
| 2 | Esperanto | porka | porcine |
| 3 | Esperanto | porko | pig |
| 4 | Latin | porcus | a piglet, a young pig; a pig, hog; Short for... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | porkos | pig |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pórḱos | piglet |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | perḱ- | colored; motley; to open, rip up |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |