fart

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | Copyright

fart break wind. OE. *feortan (in feorting vbl. sb.), ME. uerten (XIII), corr. to MLG. verten, OHG. ferzan (G. farzen, furzen), ON, freta :- Gmc. *fertan, *fartan, *furtan :- IE. base *perd- *pord- *pṛd-, as repr. by Skr. pard-, pṛd-, Av. pərədən (3rd pl.), Gr. pérdein, Russ. perdét'.

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