Where does “porc spinos” come from?
porc spinos (Romanian) comes from Romanian porc, from Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic porkos, from Proto-Indo-European pórḱos, from Proto-Indo-European perḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
porc spinos (Romanian): porcupine
Definitions
- porcupine
Ancestry of “porc spinos”, step by step
porc spinos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian porc
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | porc | pig (mammal of genus Sus), hog, swine |
| 2 | Latin | porcus | a piglet, a young pig; a pig, hog; Short for... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | porkos | pig |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pórḱos | piglet |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | perḱ- | colored; motley; to open, rip up |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Romanian spinos
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | spinos | spiny, thorny; difficult, painful, ticklish |
| 2 | Romanian | spin | thorn |
| 3 | Latin | spinus | thorn-bush, black-thorn, sloe-tree |
| 4 | Latin | spīna | a thorn or a thorny tree or shrub, such as whitethorn, hawthorn, or blackthorn |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | speinā | thorn |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | spēy- | to stretch; thrive; succeed |