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From Erde(“earth”) + Ferkel(“piglet”), after South African Dutchaardvarken. First described in German by Peter Kolbe in 1719, who called it Erdschwein, a more literal calque. The form Erdferkel uses a word that is cognate with Dutch varken(“pig”) but has a slightly different sense.
