The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*suH-
- Proto-Celtic · derived from*sukkos
- Proto-Brythonic · derived from*hux
- Old Cornish · derived fromhoggan
- English todayhoggan
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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.