Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA female pig. · A female bear; she-bear. · A female guinea pig. · A contemptible, often fat woman.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sew-? Proto-Indo-European *sewH-? Proto-Indo-European *suH-der. Proto-Germanic *sugō Proto-West Germanic *sugu Old English sugu Middle English sowe English sow From Middle English sowe, from Old English sugu, from Proto-West Germanic *sugu, from Proto-Germanic *sugō, probably from Proto-Indo-European *su(H)kéh₂, from *suH- (“pig”). See also West Frisian sûch, Dutch zeug, Low German Söög, German Sau, Swedish sugga, Norwegian sugge; also Welsh hwch (“pig”), Sanskrit सूकर (sūkará, “swine, boar”); also Danish so, German Sau, Latin sūs, Tocharian B suwo, Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs), Albanian thi, Avestan 𐬵𐬏 (hū, “boar”). See also swine. Doublet of soor.
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- Inherited-form mentionsoweenm
- Inherited-form mentionsuguang
- Inherited-form mention*sugugmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*sugōgem-pro
- Cognate mentionsûchfy
- Cognate mentionzeugnl
- Cognate mentionSöögnds
- Cognate mentionSaude
- Cognate mentionsuggasv
- Cognate mentionsuggeno
- Cognate mentionhwchcy
- Cognate mentionसूकरsa
- Cognate mentionsoda
- Cognate mentionsūsla
- Cognate mentionsuwotxb
- Cognate mentionὗςgrc
- Cognate mentionthisq
- Cognate mention𐬵𐬏ae
- Doublet mentionsooren
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