fearh

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *farhaz (“boar”), from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos. Cognate with Old High German farah (German Ferkel), Old Saxon *farh (Low German Farken); and with Latin porcus, Ancient Greek πόρκος (pórkos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fæɑ̯rh/, [fæɑ̯rˠx]

Noun

fearh m

piglet

Descendants

Middle English: *farwe, *farh, *farȝe (attested only in plural form faren)
- English: farrow
- Scots: ferrae, ferry, farry

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