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