farrow

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farrow

    Silbentrennung

    far·row

    Türkische aussprache

    ferō

    Aussprache

    /ˈfeˌrō/ /ˈfɛˌroʊ/

    Etymologie

    [ far-(")O, -&(-w) ] (verb.) 13th century. Middle English farwen 'piglet' (akin to Dutch varken, Middle Low German ferken, German Ferkel), diminutive of Old English fearh 'pig', from Proto-Germanic *farkhaz (compare Dutch vark 'pig', Old High German farah), from Proto-Indo-European *pórkos (compare Middle Irish orc 'piglet', Latin porcus, Ancient Greek pórkos, Old Church Slavonic prase 'pig, piglet', Lithuanian par̃šas, Kurdish purs), from *perk̑- 'to dig'.
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