%0 Journal Article %T The origins of English guinea pig and German Meerschweinchen again %A Considine, John %J Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis %V 2019 %R 10.4467/20834624SL.19.001.10244 %N Volume 136, Issue 1 %P 1-7 %K etymology, English language, German language, post-classical Latin language, biological terminology %@ 1897-1059 %D 2019 %U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/studia-linguistica-uic/artykul/the-origins-of-english-guinea-pig-and-german-meerschweinchen-again %X This is a note to support and expand recent work on the etymology of German Meerschweinchen, English guinea pig, and related forms with a body of dated evidence, including new first attestations for English guinea pig and Polish świnka morska.