Hyphenation
far·rowTurkish pronunciation
ferōPronunciation
/ˈfeˌrō/ /ˈfɛˌroʊ/
Etymology
[ far-(")O, -&(-w) ] (verb.) 13th century. Middle English farwen 'piglet' (akin to Dutch varken, Middle Low German ferken, German Ferkel), diminutive of Old English fearh 'pig', from Proto-Germanic *farkhaz (compare Dutch vark 'pig', Old High German farah), from Proto-Indo-European *pórkos (compare Middle Irish orc 'piglet', Latin porcus, Ancient Greek pórkos, Old Church Slavonic prase 'pig, piglet', Lithuanian par̃šas, Kurdish purs), from *perk̑- 'to dig'.