answersLogoWhite

0

The English word pig actually derives from the PIE base *perk-, meaning "dig, furrow".

User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

What word derives from the french term spiny pig?

The French phrase for "spiny pig" is porc épineux, which tells me it is the origin of the English word "porcupine".


What is the English word for pig?

pig already is an English word.


What is the word 'pig' when translated from English to french?

The pig is called "le cochon" or "le porc" in French.


French word for male pig?

There is no 3-letter French word for a female pig. The female pig is "la truie", sometimes called "une coche" (term used mainly among pig breeders); "une laie" is a female boar. The English term "sow", meaning female pig, comes from a Latin word for pig, through old French and Burgundian dialect. The French related word is "soue", a rarely used term meaning a pigsty.


The french word for Guinea pig?

The French word for Guinea pig is "cochon d'Inde."


What is the french word for pig?

the french (francais-fron-say) word for pig "COCHON".


What is the African Luhya term for the English word pig?

The African Luhya term for the English word 'pig' is Ingurwe.


What does un cochon mean in french?

That translates to "a pig"Oink.


What animal gets its name from the french word spiny pig?

pig


What is the word pig when translated from English to Punjabi?

what is a pig in panjabi what is a pig in panjabi what is a pig in panjabi


Then what is the English word for the word panni in Tamil?

pig


What is the French translation of the English word 'aardvark'?

Cochon de terre is a French equivalent of the English word aardvark.Specifically, the masculine noun cochon means "pig." The preposition de means "of." The feminine noun terremeans "land."The pronunciation will be "koh-shoh duh tehr" in French.