Etymograph

English

Swinford

Swinford comes from Old English swīn ‘swine, pig’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *suH-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*suH-‘pig’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*swīną‘pig’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*swīn‘pig, swine’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150swīn‘swine, pig’
  5. EnglishtodaySwinford

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*suH-‘pig’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*swīną‘pig’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*swīn‘pig, swine’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150swīn‘swine, pig’
  5. EnglishtodaySwinford

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *suH- ‘pig’

sow, swine, hyena, 7 more

Today it means

name A town in County Mayo, Ireland.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *suH- / Swinford

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