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furrow

n.
US //ˈfɝoʊ// UK //fˈʌɹəʊ// fur·row
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Origin

From Middle English furgh, forow, from Old English furh, from Proto-West Germanic furh, from Proto-Germanic furhs (compare Saterland Frisian Fuurge, Dutch voor, German Furche, Swedish fåra, Norwegian Bokmål fure), from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“to dig”). Compare Welsh rhych (“furrow”), Latin porca (“ridge, balk”), Lithuanian prapar̃šas (“ditch”), Sanskrit पर्शान (párśāna, “chasm”).

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