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Reconstruction:Old English/picga

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This Old English entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *piggō.

Alternatively, perhaps from earlier *pycga, from Proto-West Germanic *puggijō, diminutive of *puggō, a variant of *piggō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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*picga m

  1. a young pig; piglet

Declension

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Weak:

singular plural
nominative *picga *picgan
accusative *picgan *picgan
genitive *picgan *picgena
dative *picgan *picgum

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: pigge, peg, pig, pige, pigh, pygge
    • English: pig (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: pig
    • Yola: piggès