twrch

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *torkos (compare Cornish torgh, Breton tourc’h, Irish torc, Scottish Gaelic torc), from Proto-Indo-European *twerḱ- (“to cut”) (compare Avestan 𐬚𐬡𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀 (θβər^əsa, “piglet”), 𐬚𐬡𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬯 (θβar^əs, “to dig, whittle”), Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʊrχ/

Noun

twrch m (plural tyrchod)

1. boar
2. hog

Synonyms

• (boar): baedd

Related terms

• hwch
• moch
• porchell

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
twrch	dwrch	nhwrch	thwrch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.