Etymograph

English

soor

Soor comes from Hindi सूअर ‘pig’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sewH- ‘to give birth’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sewH-1‘to give birth’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*suh₂kéh₂2‘pig, swine’reconstructedderived within Proto-Indo-European
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*suHkarás2reconstructed
  4. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEसूकर2‘pig, hog, swine, boar’
  5. Sauraseni Prakritmodern𑀲𑀽𑀕𑀭2
  6. Hindic. 1500–presentसूअर3sūar‘pig’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1914soor3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *suH-
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Hindi सूअर
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English soor
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1914, Edgar Wallace: “[…] Bill was a wonderful instructor. "'Mark time on…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sewH-Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *suH-‘to give birth’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*suh₂kéh₂Wiktionary, Hindi सूअर‘pig, swine’reconstructedderived within Proto-Indo-European
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*suHkarásWiktionary, Hindi सूअरreconstructed
  4. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEसूकरWiktionary, Hindi सूअर‘pig, hog, swine, boar’
  5. Sauraseni Prakritmodern𑀲𑀽𑀕𑀭Wiktionary, Hindi सूअर
  6. Hindic. 1500–presentसूअरWiktionary, English soorsūar‘pig’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1914soorWiktionary, English soor. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1914, Edgar Wallace: “[…] Bill was a wonderful instructor. "'Mark time on…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *sewH- ‘to give birth’

son, socket, sock, sounder, 1 more

Today it means

noun A pig; a worthless person.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “soor”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Indo-European *suH-, Hindi सूअर. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sewH- / soor

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