köken: From Late Middle High German bache f (“fattened sow, female porker”), by gender change from the word in etymology 2 below; see Bachen. The sense developed from “bacon” via “slaughtered pig” to “porker”. The modern use is from hunters’ jargon.
köken: Inherited from Old French sengler, from Vulgar Latin *singlāris, inherited from Latin singulāris (porcus) (literally “solitary pig”), with later substitution of the suffix -ier for -er. Compare Occitan singlar, Catalan senglar, Italian cinghiale, Friulian cenglâr. Doublet of singulier.
köken: From an earlier *singhiale, *singhiare, from Vulgar Latin *singlāris, from syncopation of Latin singulāris [porcus]. Compare Catalan senglar, Occitan singlar, French sanglier, Friulian cenglâr. Doublet of singolare.
köken: From Middle Persian [script needed] (wlʾc /warāz/, “boar”), from Old Iranian, from Proto-Iranian *warājáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *warāȷ́ʰás (“boar”). Cognate with Central Kurdish بەراز (beraz), Northern Kurdish beraz, Southern Kurdish وەراز (weraz), Mazanderani وراز (verâz), براز (berâz, “boar”), Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬁𐬰𐬀 (varāza, “boar”), and Sanskrit वराह (varāha, “boar”). Akin to Old Armenian վարազ…
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