*porḱ-o-*porḱ-os . "One of the Indo-European words for 'pig(let)'. In view of the possible connection with Gr. πόρκος m. 'fishing-net' and Arm. ors 'hunt; catch; game' < *porḱ-o-, the word may have originally referred to the wild boar rather than the domesticated animal" (GK). 1.Michiel de Vaan. "porcus" in: Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages. Indo-European Etymological Dictionaries Online. Edited by Alexander Lubotsky. Brill, 2014. Brill Online. March 12, 2014; 2. Guus Kroonen. "farha-" in: Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic. Indo-European Etymological Dictionaries Online. Edited by Alexander Lubotsky. Brill, 2014. Brill Online. March 12, 2014. 4. Rick Derksen. "pȍrsę" in: Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon. Indo-European Etymological Dictionaries Online. Edited by Alexander Lubotsky. Brill, 2014. Brill Online. March 12, 2014. < http://iedo.brillonline.nl/dictionaries/lemma.html?id=19791 > < http://iedo.brillonline.nl/dictionaries/lemma.html?id=20960 > < http://iedo.brillonline.nl/dictionaries/lemma.html?id=13936 >
Robert Farren, PIE culture words collection, 2017
[Farren (2017)]
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