Etymograph

English

swinesty

From swine + sty.

A compound of swine + sty

Proto-Indo-European *suH- ‘pig’

Proto-Germanic *swīną ‘pig’

Proto-West Germanic *swīn ‘pig, swine’

Old English swīn ‘pig’

Middle English swyn ‘a pig, hog or swine’

English swine

Proto-Germanic *stiją

Proto-West Germanic *stī

Old English stī

Middle English sty ‘a pigsty’

English sty

Today it means

noun A pigsty

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “swinesty”. 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.

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