Where does “boar” come from?

Boar comes from Middle English boor, from Old English bār, from Proto-Germanic bairaz, ultimately from Proto-Germanic baizaz.

boar (English): A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig

Definitions

  1. A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig

Ancestry of “boar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishborA wild or uncastrated pig; a boar; The meat or...
2Old Englishbārboar
3Proto-Germanicbairazboar
4Proto-Germanicbaizaz—

Words derived from “boar”

Every word from Proto-Germanic baizaz →