TY - JOUR
TI - Is the English“guinea pig”a pig from Guinea, and the German “Meerschweinchen” a piggy from the sea?, or two old problems revisited
AU - Stachowski, Marek
TI - Is the English“guinea pig”a pig from Guinea, and the German “Meerschweinchen” a piggy from the sea?, or two old problems revisited
AB - 
	The old problem of the origins of the English name guinea pig is discussed here in the context of its equivalents in some other European languages (one of them being German Meerschweinchen).

	Some new suggestions concerning both components of the English name and the original meaning of the German designation are made.
VL - 2014
IS - Volume 131, Issue 2
PY - 2014
SN - 1897-1059
C1 - 2083-4624
SP - 221
EP - 228
DO - 10.4467/20834624SL.14.012.2020
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/studia-linguistica-uic/artykul/is-the-english-guinea-pig-a-pig-from-guinea-and-the-german-meerschweinchen-a-piggy-from-the-sea-or-two-old-problems-revisited
KW - etymology
KW - English language
KW - German language
KW - Romance languages
KW - biological terminology