(Hausschwein) , das weibl. Hausschwein.
ETYM Old Eng. sowe, suwe, as. sugu, akin to sű, Dutch zog, zeug, Old High Germ. sű, German sau, Icel. syr, Dan. so, Swed. sugga, so, Latin sus. Greek ys, sys, Zend. hu boar.
(Homonym: sew, so, sol).
An adult female hog.
ETYM Old Eng. sowe, suwe, as. sugu, akin to sű, Dutch zog, zeug, Old High Germ. sű, German sau, Icel. syr, Dan. so, Swed. sugga, so, Latin sus. Greek ys, sys, Zend. hu boar.
(Homonym: sew, so, sol).
An adult female hog.