kurkku

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • (anatomy) throat gullet
  • throat front part of the neck
  • throat narrow opening
  • beard curved underside of an axehead next to the axehandle

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *kurkku derived from Proto-Germanic *kwerkō (gullet, throat) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (devour, swallow, eat, shallow), *gʷerh₃- (devour, swallow, eat, shallow).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*gʷerh₃-

Gloss

devour, swallow, eat, shallow

Concept
Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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