An initial attempt was also made at translating the older Cushitic Lexicon data into a format suitable for use on the Web. At present we hope to make once more available a prototype Semitic Index giving etymological relations within Semitic, but not yet to any branches of Afroasiatic outside Semitic, and follow up with a Cushitic Index Since, as indicated, the Cushitic index already notes cognates in other branches, a rudimentary, Cushitic-oriented Egyptian, Berber and Chadic index will begin to take shape by default. It is our hope that linking to or embedding from data provided by competent outside sources will provide more adequate coverage in these areas. In addition to the lexical and grammatical information provided by these modules of the project, we plan to include sample text browsing capabilities. A preview of these text-browsing capabilities can be seen in the approach developed in a sister site the Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions project.
Etymology is the study of word histories.
In turn, Old French porc itself developed out of an earlier Latin word, porcus . Our English word pork , therefore, comes down to us, through the intermediary of Old French, all the way from classical Latin. In reality, their relationship is more one of sibling to sibling. In IE, the root form was something like porko- . As was mentioned above, Latin porcus later evolved into Old French porc , which turned into our modern English pork .