twrch

From Proto-Celtic *tworkos (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”)).

• IPA^(key): /tʊrχ/

twrch m (plural tyrchod)

1. barrow, hog

• twrch daear (“mole”)
• tyrchu (“to burrow, to root”)
• tyrchaidd (“pig-like, piggy”)

• baedd (“boar”)
• hwch (“sow”)
• moch (“pigs”)
• porchell (“piglet”)

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• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “twrch”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies