swine
Middle English
/swiːn/
noun
Definitions
- A pig, hog or swine.
- The meat of swine or pigs; pork.
- (colloquial) A disgraceful individual.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English swīn (pig) inherited from Proto-Germanic *swīną.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*swīną
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- microswine English
- sow English
- swine English
- swinebread English
- swinecote English
- swineflesh English
- swineherder English
- swineherding English
- swinehood English
- swinehound English
- swinelike English
- swineling English
- swineman English
- swinepox English
- swinery English
- swinestone English
- swinesty English
- swineyard English
- swinish English
- *suH- Proto-Indo-European
- *sū- Proto-Indo-European
- *swīną Proto-Germanic
- mereswin Old English
- swinhierde Old English
- swīn Old English
- svín Old Norse
- swīn Old High German
- 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽 Gothic
- *swīn gmw-pro
- *swīn Old Dutch
- *svijnē Proto-Samic