Where does “porcușor” come from?
porcușor (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.
porcușor (Romanian): Diminutive of porc; gudgeon
Definitions
- Diminutive of porc; gudgeon
Ancestry of “porcușor”, step by step
porcușor 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 ușor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | ușor | light; easy; easily |
| 2 | Latin | ostiolum | small door |
| 3 | Latin | -olus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming diminutives";... |
| 4 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |