פֿאַרצן
געפֿאַרצט / געפֿאָרצן
'to fart'

ETYMOLOGY

{Yiddish is from MHG varzen and/or ENHG farzen}
ON frata, MHG varzen, ENHG farzen (replaced since the 18th c. by NHG furzen), NHG farzen; from PGmc ✱fratōn-; from PIE ✱pord-néh₂-; an o-grade iterative to the strong verb ✱fertan- ~ ✱fretan-:
ON freta, OE feortan, English to fart, OHG ferzan, MHG verzen; from PGmc ✱fertan- ~ ✱fretan- 'to fart' (or ✱fert-a-); from PIE ✱préd-e- (or ✱perd- 'to fart loudly'); onomatopoetic from PIE times.
Related: Sanskrit párdate 'to fart', Greek πέρδω, πέρδομαι, Russian перде́ть, Lithuanian pérsti.