boar
English
/bɔɹ/, /bɔː/, /bo(ː)ɹ/, /boə/
noun
Definitions
- A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig.
- A male pig.
- A male boar (sense 1).
- A male bear.
- A male guinea pig.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bor inherited from Old English bār inherited from Proto-Germanic *bairaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*bairaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- barling English
- boarfish English
- boarhide English
- boarhound English
- boarish English
- boarlike English
- fish English
- hedgy English
- hedgy-boar English
- hide English
- hound English
- wereboar English
- *bairaz Proto-Germanic
- bar Old English
- bār Old English
- *barling Middle English
- bor Middle English
- baedd Welsh
- *bēr Old Dutch
- baed Middle Welsh