FromMiddle High Germanvurch, fromOld High Germanfurh, fromProto-West Germanic*furh, fromProto-Germanic*furhs.
The final-e is secondary, possibly due to confusion between the earlier strong pluralFürche and the later weak pluralFurchen (alsoFürchen). The-ch- isUpper German; theCentral German formFure,Fuhre did not establish itself because of its homophony withFuhre(“cartload”).
Furche f (genitiveFurche,pluralFurchen)
