Where does “boar” come from?

boar (Yola) comes from Middle English bor, from Old English bār, from Proto-Germanic bairaz, from Proto-Germanic baizaz.

boar (Yola): hedgehog

Definitions

  1. hedgehog

Ancestry of “boar”, step by step

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