Eber
/ˈiː.bər/noun
A wild boar, especially a male wild boar.
Did you know?The Germanic ancestor of Eber produced Old Norse jǫfurr, which could mean “boar” but later became a poetic word for “prince” or “king.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₁epros
“A wild boar; the reconstructed ancestor of several Indo-European boar-words.”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*eburaz
“Wild boar, especially a male boar.”
Old English
Old English
eofor
“Boar; the word also appeared in poetic compounds and names.”
Old Norse
Old Norse
jǫfurr
“Boar; later, figuratively or poetically, a prince or king.”
Modern German
German
Eber
“A male wild boar.”
Modern English
English
eber
“A wild boar, used chiefly as a specialized or literary loanword.”