farrow

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 219 words | Copyright

farrow †young pig OE.; litter of pigs XVI. OE. færh (fearh) = OHG. farah :- WGmc. *farχa :- IE. *porkos, whence L. porcus, Gr. pórkos pig, Lith. pars̄as gelded pig, OIr. orc.
Hence vb. XIII.

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