Animal Characteristics in Word Histories: Who They Are in What We Say

Whereas the word veal in English simply means “flesh of a calf” and pork in English means “flesh of a pig used as food,” hidden in many of the Anglo-Saxon/Old English and Proto-Indo-European words for the living animals are clues about the physical, behavioral, or vocal characteristics of the living animals, reflecting a tendency to name animals based on typical attributes or activities. Supporters receive written transcripts of each podcast episode. Visit AnimalogyPodcast.com for more. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

You can listen to Animal Characteristics in Word Histories: Who They Are in What We Say online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

Animal Characteristics in Word Histories: Who They Are in What We Say is an episode from Animalogy \ The Animals in Our Everyday Words & Phrases by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau.

This episode is 27:09 long.

This episode was published on Apr 16, 2017.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from Animalogy \ The Animals in Our Everyday Words & Phrases when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.