Where does “myrpiggsvin” come from?
myrpiggsvin (Swedish) comes from Swedish piggsvin, from Swedish pigg, from Norwegian Bokmål pigger, from English nigger, from English neger, from French nègre, from Spanish negro, from Latin nigrum — bare, naked.
myrpiggsvin (Swedish): an echidna
Ancestry of “myrpiggsvin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Swedish | piggsvin | a porcupine; a hedgehog |
| 2 | Swedish | pigg | lively, spirited; alert, sharp; dapper, peppy |
| 3 | Norwegian Bokmål | pigger | indefinite plural of pigg |
| 4 | English | nigger | A black person; a person of black African... |
| 5 | English | neger | Synonym of nigger |
| 6 | French | nègre | negro; ghostwriter; friend, buddy |
| 7 | Spanish | negro | black; a black person; ghost writer |
| 8 | Latin | nigrum | masculine accusative singular of niger; neuter... |
| 9 | Latin | niger | wan, shining black; bad; evil; ill-omened |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | nókʷts | night |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | negʷ- | bare, naked |