Boar
/bɔːr/noun
A male wild pig, especially one of the species Sus scrofa.
Did you know?Boar comes from a very ancient Germanic word for the animal, and its long survival shows how some of the oldest hunting words stayed almost unchanged for thousands of years.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bʰor-
“A proposed ancient root connected with the idea of a male animal, though the exact prehistory is uncertain”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*būrô / *bōrô
“Boar, a male pig or wild swine”
Old English
OE
bār
“Boar; a male pig, especially a wild one”
Middle English
ME
bor / boor
“Boar; wild male pig”
Modern English
English
boar
“A male wild pig”