Editing Wild boar (section)

== Terminology ==
As true wild boars became extinct in [[Great Britain]] before the development of [[Modern English]], the same terms are often used for both true wild boar and pigs, especially large or semi-wild ones. The [[English language|English]] [[:wikt:boar#English|''boar'']] stems from the [[Old English]] {{lang|ang|[[:wikt:bar#Old English|bār]]}}, which is thought to be derived from the [[West Germanic languages|West Germanic]] {{lang|gmw|[[:wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bair#Proto-West Germanic|bair]]}}, of unknown origin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=boar |title=Online Etymological Dictionary |access-date=2014-10-08 |archive-date=18 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018125533/http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=boar |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Boar'' is sometimes used specifically to refer to males, and may also be used to refer to male domesticated pigs, especially breeding males that have not been castrated.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boar |title=boar |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=Merriam-Webster Dictionary |publisher= |access-date=21 November 2023 |quote= |archive-date=29 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629152128/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boar |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/boar |title=boar |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=Cambridge Dictionary |publisher=Cambridge University Press |access-date=21 November 2023 |quote= |archive-date=17 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240217045345/https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/boar |url-status=live }}</ref>

''Sow'', the traditional name for a female, again comes from Old English and Germanic; it stems from [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]], and is related to the [[Latin]] [[:wikt:sus#Latin|sus]] and [[Ancient Greek]] [[:wikt:ὗς#Ancient Greek|''hus'']], and more closely to the [[New High German]] {{lang|de|[[:wikt:Sau#German|Sau]]}}. The young may be called ''piglets'' or ''boarlets''.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Magnier|first=Eileen|date=2020-05-07|title=Wild boarlets born in Donegal believed to be first in 800 years|work=[[RTÉ]]|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2020/0505/1136581-boarlets-donegal/|access-date=2021-05-13|archive-date=13 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513213330/https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2020/0505/1136581-boarlets-donegal/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The animals' specific name [[:wikt:scrofa#Latin|''scrofa'']] is [[Latin]] for 'sow'.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.latin-dictionary.net/definition/34362/scrofa-scrofae |title=Latin Dictionary and Grammar Resources |access-date=2014-10-08 |archive-date=17 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017061011/http://www.latin-dictionary.net/definition/34362/scrofa-scrofae |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Hunting ===
In hunting terminology, boars are given different designations according to their age:<ref name="cabanau24">{{Harvnb|Cabanau|2001|pp=24}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable collapsed" cellpadding="5"
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! Designation !! Age !! Image
|-
| <small>'''Squeaker'''</small> || <small>0–10 months</small> || [[File:Augen zu und schlafen.JPG|150 px]]
|-
| <small>'''Juvenile'''</small> || <small>10–12 months</small> || [[File:Young Wild Boar (5696463735).jpg|150 px]]
|-
| <small>'''Pig of the sounder'''</small> || <small>Two years</small> ||
|-
| <small>'''Boar of the 4th/5th/6th year'''</small> || <small>3–5 years</small> || [[File:Jabalí 13. F. FOTO-ARDEIDAS.jpg|150 px]]
|-
| <small>'''Old boar'''</small> || <small>Six years</small> ||
|-
| <small>'''Grand old boar'''</small> || <small>Over seven years</small> || [[File:Scavenger feast - Yala December 2010 (1) (cropped).jpg|150 px]]
|}