Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/porkos

This Proto-Italic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Italic

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (piglet).[1]

    Noun

    *porkos m[1]

    1. pig

    Inflection

    Declension of *porkos (o-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *porkos *porkōs, porkoi
    vocative *porke *porkōs, porkoi
    accusative *porkom *porkons
    genitive *porkosjo, porkī *porkom
    dative *porkōi *porkois
    ablative *porkōd *porkois
    locative *porkei *porkois

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Latin: porcus (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “porcus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 481