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