English

hogmane

From hog + mane.

A compound of hog + mane

Middle English hog ‘a pig or swine, especially one that is…’

English hog

Proto-Indo-European *mony- ‘neck’

Proto-Germanic *manō

Proto-West Germanic *manu

Old English manu

Middle English mane ‘a mane’

English mane

Today it means

noun The mane of a horse when cut short.

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