-
slightly different origin,
namely it
comes from the Old
English stiġ-
fearh—
fearh (farrow) is the Old
English word for "piglet"—where stiġ
meant "hall"...
- fields', but it has also been
suggested it may
derive from Old
English fealu fearh, 'grey piglet',
related to an old
Welsh name for the
species socen lwyd...
- from happening. All this is
exemplified by two
masculine a-stems, sċōh and
fearh: If an a-stem ends in -u, the u is
replaced with w
before inflectional endings:...
-
phonology is difficult" -- OED). ...
Another Old
English word for "pig" was
fearh,
related to furh "furrow," from PIE *perk- "dig, furrow" (source also of...
-
reconstructed as *porḱos,
attested by such
forms as
Latin porcus "hog", Old
English fearh (>
English farrow "young pig"),
Lithuanian par̃šas "piglet,
castrated boar"...
