Editing Sus (genus) (section)

==Etymology==
The ''[[Online Etymology Dictionary]]'' provides anecdotal evidence as well as linguistic, saying that the term derives

<blockquote>probably from Old English {{Lang|ang|*picg}}, found in compounds, ultimate origin unknown. Originally "young pig" (the word for adults was ''swine''). Apparently related to [[Low German]] {{Lang|de|bigge}}, [[Dutch language|Dutch]] {{Lang|nl|big}} ("but the phonology is difficult" -- ''[[Oxford English Dictionary|OED]]''). ... Another Old English word for "pig" was {{Lang|ang|fearh}}, related to ''{{Lang|ang|furh}}'' "furrow," from [[Proto-Indo-European language|PIE]] *''perk''- "dig, furrow" (source also of Latin {{Lang|la|porc-us}} "pig," see ''pork''). "This reflects a widespread [[Indo-European languages|IE]] tendency to name animals from typical attributes or activities" [Roger Lass]. Synonyms ''grunter'', ''oinker'' are from sailors' and fishermen's euphemistic avoidance of uttering the word pig at sea, a superstition perhaps based on the fate of the [[Exorcism of the Gerasene demoniac|Gadarene swine]], who drowned.<ref name="Etym Pig">{{cite web |title=Pig |url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/pig |access-date=15 February 2024 |website=[[Online Etymology Dictionary]]}}</ref></blockquote>

The ''Online Etymology Dictionary'' also traces the evolution of '''''sow''''', the term for a female pig, through various historical languages:

<blockquote>Old English ''{{Lang|ang|sugu}}'', ''{{Lang|ang|su}}'' "female of the swine," from [[Proto-Germanic language|Proto-Germanic]] *''su''- (cognates: [[Old Saxon]], [[Old High German]] ''su'', [[German language|German]] {{Lang|de|Sau}}, [[Dutch language|Dutch]] {{Lang|nl|zeug}}, [[Old Norse]] ''{{Lang|non|syr}}''), from [[Proto-Indo-European language|PIE]] root *''su''- (cognates: [[Sanskrit]] {{Transliteration|sa|sukarah}} "wild boar, swine;" [[Avestan]] ''hu'' "wild boar;" [[Greek language|Greek]] ''hys'' "swine;" [[Latin]] {{Lang|nl|sus}} "swine", {{Lang|nl|suinus}} "pertaining to swine"; [[Old Church Slavonic]] ''{{Lang|cu|svinija}}'' "swine;" [[Latvian language|Lettish]] ''sivens'' "young pig;" [[Welsh language|Welsh]] ''{{Lang|cy|hucc}}'', [[Irish language|Irish]] ''{{Lang|ga|suig}}'' "swine; [[Old Irish]] ''{{Lang|sga|socc}}'' "snout, plowshare"), possibly imitative of pig noise; note that Sanskrit ''sukharah'' means "maker of (the sound) ''su''".<ref name="Etym Sow">{{Cite web |title=Sow |url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/sow |access-date=4 December 2015 |website=[[Online Etymology Dictionary]]}}</ref></blockquote>

An adjectival form is ''porcine''. Another [[Adjective|adjectival]] form (technically for the subfamily rather than genus name) is ''suine'' (comparable to ''[[bovine]]'', ''[[Canis|canine]]'', etc.); for the family, it is ''suid'' (as with ''bovid'', ''canid'').<ref name="Etym Porcine">{{Cite web |title=Porcine |url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/porcine |access-date=15 February 2024 |website=[[Online Etymology Dictionary]]}}</ref>