gurges
Latin
noun
Definitions
- A whirlpool.
- An eddy.
- A gulf, or a sea.
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *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
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- carnivorous English
- devour English
- gorce English
- voracious English
- vorago English
- *gorga Latin
- *gurgurium Latin
- -vorus Latin
- carnivorus Latin
- devoro Latin
- dēvorāre Latin
- gurga Latin
- gurgulio Latin
- voracitas Latin
- vorago Latin
- vorare Latin
- vorator Latin
- voratrina Latin
- voratrix Latin
- vorax Latin
- voro Latin
- vorācitātem Latin
- vorāginōsus Latin
- vorāgō Latin
- vorāre Latin
- vorātrīcem Latin
- vorātōrem Latin
- vorō Latin
- gorgo Italian
- gurge Italian
- ingorgare Italian
- sgorgare Italian
- voragine Italian
- carnivore French
- βάραθρον Ancient Greek
- βιβρώσκω Ancient Greek
- βορά Ancient Greek
- βρῶμα Ancient Greek
- βρῶσις Ancient Greek
- *gʷerh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷr̥h₃-tlom Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ōd- Proto-Indo-European
- *kwerkō Proto-Germanic
- *gora Proto-Slavic
- *goraľь Proto-Slavic
- *gъrdlo Proto-Slavic
- *žerdlo Proto-Slavic
- *žьrati Proto-Slavic
- gerlo, *žьrdlo Proto-Slavic
- gorge Old French
- gort Old French
- gorgoiro Galician
- gorgolo Galician
- gorgozo Galician
- gorgueira Galician
- gorxa Galician
- hangër Albanian
- garganta Old Portuguese
- gorgomelo Old Portuguese
- girtas Lithuanian
- girtuoklis Lithuanian
- *engranti Proto-Albanian
- *grinja Proto-Albanian
- *gur- Proto-Albanian
- *gerˀtei Proto-Balto-Slavic