hoggan

== English == === Alternative forms === hoggen === Etymology === Use of the term in Cornwall is attributed to Old Cornish hoggan, hogen (“pork pasty; pie”), from hoch (“pig”), from Proto-Brythonic *hux, from Proto-Celtic *sukkos, from Proto-Indo-European *suH-, related to Welsh hwch (“sow”). However, the term was also common in Essex, so perhaps compare Old English hogg. === Noun === hoggan (plural hoggans) (dialectal, chiefly Cornwall) A pork pasty. 1866, Higham, Dial., 14: Tom Trevarton had a piece of hoggan weth un. === References === === Further reading === Edward Gepp (1923), An Essex Dialect Dictionary, page 57: == Cornish == === Noun === hoggan f alternative form of hogen ==== Related terms ==== hoggan-bag