sord
‘a flight of mallards’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. soorde, sourd(e) < O.F. sordre ‘arise, stand up’ < Lat. surgere ‘to rise, arise, get up, mount up, ascend’ < sub ‘under, beneath’ + regere ‘to keep straight’ < saw < reg- < Tamil aracaṉ