词汇 | hog |
词源 | hog. Few English words that were used by the Britons remain. Hog is such a native word, deriving from the British hukk, probably first referring to a pig of a certain age, such as a year- ling, and then coming to mean pigs in general. “Crag” and “tor” are other words the Britons used. |
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