Where does “por” come from?
por (Papiamentu) comes from Spanish poder, from Latin posso, from Finnish possu, from Finnish porsas, from Proto-Finnic porcas, from Romanian porc, from Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic porkos — passed , crossed.
por (Papiamentu): can, to be able to; may
Ancestry of “por”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | poder | power, reign; authorization; proxy |
| 2 | Latin | posso | to be able |
| 3 | Finnish | possu | piggy, pig, piglet; a slovenly person; pork |
| 4 | Finnish | porsas | A piglet; Pork; A pig in the sense of messy,... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | porcas | piglet |
| 6 | Romanian | porc | pig , hog, swine; pork |
| 7 | Latin | porcus | a piglet, a young pig; a pig, hog; Short for... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | porkos | pig |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pórḱos | piglet |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | perḱ- | colored; motley; to open, rip up |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |