Portuguese farpa "barb" < *bHardHa?
From:
Joao S. Lopes
Message:
70052
Date:
2012-09-12
Portuguese <farpa> means "barb", as in <arame farpado>, "barbed wire". Could be <farpa> related to barba "beard"? Usual etymologies consider it as from Arabian or Germanic.
JS Lopes