Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pórḱos

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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-Indo-European

Etymology

The original meaning was "digger", from *perḱ- (“to dig”) +‎ *-os. See also furrow.

Noun

*pórḱos m

piglet

Inflection

Thematic
	singular
nominative	*pórḱos
genitive	*pórḱosyo
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pórḱos	*pórḱoh₁	*pórḱoes
vocative	*pórḱe	*pórḱoh₁	*pórḱoes
accusative	*pórḱom	*pórḱoh₁	*pórḱoms
genitive	*pórḱosyo	*?	*pórḱooHom
ablative	*pórḱead	*?	*pórḱomos
dative	*pórḱoey	*?	*pórḱomos
locative	pórḱey, pórḱoy	*?	*pórḱoysu
instrumental	*pórḱoh₁	*?	*pórḱōys

Descendants

Balto-Slavic: *párśas
- Lithuanian: par̃šas
- Old Prussian: prastian
- Slavic: *porsę (see there for further descendants)
Celtic: *ɸorkos
- Old Irish: orc, orcán
  - Irish: arc, arcán
  - Manx: ark
Germanic: *farhaz (see there for further descendants)
Indo-Iranian: *párĉas
- Iranian: *párćah (see there for further descendants)
Italic: *porkos (see there for further descendants)
Lusitanian: porcom
→ Uralic: *porćas
- Finnic: *porcas (see there for further descendants)

References

Buck, Carl Darling (1949) A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pages 160–161
Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 137

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