twrch

== Welsh == === Etymology === 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 (θβərəsa, “piglet”), 𐬚𐬡𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬯 (θβarəs, “to dig, whittle”), Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʊrχ/ === Noun === twrch m (plural tyrchod) barrow, hog ==== Derived terms ==== twrch daear (“mole”) tyrchu (“to burrow, to root”) tyrchaidd (“pig-like, piggy”) ==== Related terms ==== baedd (“boar”) hwch (“sow”) moch (“pigs”) porchell (“piglet”) === Mutation === === References === 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