English word boar comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoidʰ, Proto-Germanic *baizaz, and later Proto-Germanic *bairaz (Boar.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*bʰoidʰ | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
*baizaz | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | |
*bairaz | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | Boar. |
bār | Old English (ang) | |
boor | Middle English (enm) | |
boar | English (en) | A male pig.. A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig. |