The story
- Proto-Indo-European*perḱ-
- Proto-Germanic*furhs
- Proto-West Germanic*furh
- Old Englishfurh
- Middle Englishforow
- English todayfurrow
From Middle English forow, furgh, 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”).
Words from the same roots
Proto-Indo-European*perḱ- all →
perchErcfurlongfard
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.