Where does “sporcu” come from?

sporcu (Sicilian) comes from Italian sporco, from Latin spurcus, from Proto-Italic sporkos, from Proto-Indo-European spr̥ḱós, from Proto-Indo-European sper- — to fidget, twitch; to push; to be quick; to...

sporcu (Sicilian): dirth, filth; dirty, filthy, unclean, soiled

Definitions

  1. dirth, filth; dirty, filthy, unclean, soiled

Ancestry of “sporcu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansporcodirty, filthy, unclean, soiled; dirty, foul,...
2Latinspurcusdirty, foul, unclean; morally-polluted, base,...
3Proto-Italicsporkos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspr̥ḱós—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansper-to fidget, twitch; to push; to be quick; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sper- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European spr̥ḱós →Every word from Proto-Italic sporkos →