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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *güreɣe
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: front part of the throat
Russian meaning: передняя часть горла
Written Mongolian: gürege(n) (L 392)
Khalkha: gǖrē(n)
Buriat: gürȫ
Kalmuck: gürɛ̄n
Ordos: gürē
Dagur: gure
Shary-Yoghur: gurēn
Comments: KW 139, MGCD 309. Mong. > Kirgh. kürö, Man. gurexe (see Doerfer MT 143).
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *gurgi
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: palate
Russian meaning: нёбо
Turkic: *Kurgak
Mongolian: *güreɣe
Tungus-Manchu: *gorgakta
Comments: A Western isogloss. See Лексика 230.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *Kurgak
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: palate
Russian meaning: нёбо
Khakassian: xurɣax
Oyrat: qurɣaq
Comments: VEWT 303, Лексика 230.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *gorgakta
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: palate, uvula
Russian meaning: нёбо, увула
Negidal: gorkakta
Literary Manchu: Guŋqan 'Adam's apple' (?)
Orok: Goǯaqta
Comments: ТМС 1, 161, 173.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *gwVrV
Meaning: to swallow, throat
Borean: Borean
Indo-European: *gʷerǝ- 'to swallow' (+*gʷeru̯- 1760, *g(ʷ)rīw-ā- 1761, *gʷrogh- 1762)
Altaic: *k`i̯urge ( ~ -o) (cf. also *gurgi )
Uralic: *kurk(k)V (cf. also *karV (korV-) 'bite', *kerV 'burp, vomit', *kerV)
Kartvelian: *q̇orq̇- ( + *qarq- 840)
Dravidian: *kōr-; ?SDR/Tel. *kur- 'voice; throat' [1549]
Chukchee-Kamchatkan: CKor *karɣъ 'hole' ?
References: МССНЯ 335, ОСНЯ 1, 235-236; ND 656 *gerV 'throat' (SH-Ur. *kerV), 666 *guRʡE or *güRʡV 'throat, neck' (SH-Alt. *gurgi, Drav. *guṛŋg-), 679 *guRK[U] 'throat', 927 *korʡV 'eat (greedily), swallow', 931 *kUri[ħ]u 'throat, neck'. At least two roots (for Kartv. cf. also PNC *q̇ăq̇ari / *q̇ăraq̇i, PY *gǝ(n)kǝŕ); cf. also PA *gurgi 'palate', PD *guṛŋg- 'throat'; PIE *gʷerw-, *gʷerkʷ-, *gʷergʷ- `throat, neck'; Ur. *kerV 'Kehle, Gurgel'.
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *gʷere-, *gʷrō-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: to swallow, to drink, to devour
Old Indian: girati, gilati `to swallow, devour, eat', ptc. gīrṇa-; gará- `swallowing', m. `drink, beverage', tuvi-grí-, -grá- `swallowing much'
Avestan: ǰaraiti `schluckt', -gar `verschlingend'; garǝman- `Kehle, Hals'
Armenian: ker `Speise, Frass', kur `id.', keri `ich ass'; kokord `Kehle'
Old Greek: bibrṓskō `(auf)essen, verzehren', aor. ébrōn. pf. bébrōka, hom. pf. opt. bebrṓthoi̯s; borǟ́ `Frass (eines Raubtiers)', boró- `gefrässig' ; brō̂ma n., brṓmǟ f.; brōtǘ-s, brō̂si-s `Speise, Nahrung'; brōtḗr `Fresser; fressend, verzehrend'; bárathro-n, ep., ion. bérethro-n, ark. dzerethro-n (< *dérethro-n) `Schlund, Abgrund'
Slavic: *žьrǭ, *žertī; *žerǭ, *žьrā́tī; *žerdlo, *žьrdlo
Baltic: *ger̂- (2) vb. tr., *ger̃-tl-iā̃ f., *pra=gar-a- c., *gir-tl-ia- c.
Germanic: *kwír-ɵr-a- m., n.
Latin: vorāre `gierig fressen, verschlingen', vorāx, -ācis `gefrässig', vora f.: comestōrēs, quī rem suam in voram mittunt; carni-vorus, -a, omni-vorus, -a; pl. vorrī (Gl.) `edācēs'
Celtic: *to-gʷrijā; *gʷrāvato-, *gʷrāvanā > OIr tuarae `Speise'; OCymr breuad `Totenwurm', breuan `Aaskrähe'
Albanian: ngranɛ `gegessen'
Russ. meaning: глотать, пить, пожирать
References: WP I 682 f
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: жрать,
Near etymology: жру, нажра́ться, укр. же́рти, жра́ти, жру, блр. жерць, жру, др.-русск. жьрати, жьру, ст.-слав. (по)жрѣти "проглотить", жьрѫ (Супр.), сербохорв. ждѐрати, жде̏ре̑м, словен. žréti, žrèm, др.-чеш. žřieti, žru, чеш. žráti, žeru, слвц. žrаt᾽, žеrеm, польск. żreć, żrę, в.-луж. źrać, žeru, "жрать", žrjeć "пьянствовать, пить", н.-луж. žraś, žеru "жрать", žreś, žru "пить (горькую)".
Further etymology: Родственно лит. gérti, geriù "пить", лтш. dzer̂t, dzer̨u, "пить", др.-инд. giráti, gr̥ṇā́ti "поглощает", garás "питье", авест. gar- "проглатывающий, поглощающий" (в сложениях), арм. keri "я ел", греч. βορά "корм", βορός "прожорливый", βιβρώσκω "ем, пожираю, съедаю", лат. vōro, vorāre "поглощаю"; см. Уленбек, Aind. Wb. 80; Траутман, ВSW 89; Мейе--Вайан 37; М.--Э. 1, 547; Буга, РФВ 75, 156; Вальде 858; Хюбшман 459 и сл.; Френкель, ZfslPh 20, 319; ВSрr. 110 и сл. Следует отделять от жру "творю жертву"; см. Мейе, МSL 14, 379 и сл. Ср. жрец.
Pages: 2,62-63
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *ger̂- (inf. ger̂-teî 1) 2 vb. tr., *ger̃-tl-iā̃ f., *pra=gar-a- c., *gir-tl-ia- c.
Meaning: drink
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: gérti (gẽria, gḗrē) `trinken', gerklē̃ 'Kehle, Gurgel, Rachen, Schlund, Hals', prã-gara-s 'Vielfrass, grundloser Weg, Abgrund, Hölle'
Lettish: dzer̂t (Salis: dzer̃t, prt. dzêru2) `trinken, saufen, zechen', dzerklis 'aufgetränkltes Kalb', dzirklis 'Trichter, hintere Kammer im Fischkorbe'
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *kwírɵra-n, -z
Meaning: bait
IE etymology: IE etymology
Old High German: querdar `Köder' (10.Jh.)
Middle High German: quërder, korder, körder, kërder, këder, koder, köder st. n., m. `Lockspeise, Flicklappen von Leder, Tuch'
German: Köder
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 718
Root: gʷer-1, gʷerǝ-
English meaning: to devour; throat
German meaning: `verschlingen, Schlund'
Derivatives: Partiz. Perf. Pass. gʷr̥̄-tó-s, Verbaladjektiv gʷor-ó-s `verschlingend'; gʷrī-u̯ā `Schlundgegend, Hals'
Material: 1. Ai. giráti, giláti, gr̥ṇā́ti `verschlingt' (Fut. gariṣyati, Partiz. gīrṇá- `verschlungen'; -gír (in Kompositis) `verschlingend', -gara- ds. (aja-gara- `Ziegen verschlingend, Boa' :gr. δημο-βόρος, lat. carni-vorus, gr. βορός `gefräßig'), gará- `Trank', gala- `Kehle'(vielleicht zur Parallelwz. *g(ʷ)el- `verschlingen'), tuvi-gri-, -gra- `viel verschlingend';

    av. jaraiti `schluckt', -gar (in Kompositis) `verschlingend' (aspō-gar- `Pferd v.'), f. Pl. `Kehle, Hals', npers. gulū `Kehle', av. garǝman- `Kehle, Hals';

    arm. ker `Speise, Fraß', kur ds. (*gʷur-), eker `aß', kokord `Kehle' (auch krcum `nage'?? Pedersen KZ. 39, 427);

    alb. ngranë `gegessen';

    gr. βορά f. `Fraß, Speise' (= lat. *vorā, wovon vorāre), βορός (s. oben), βιβρώσκω `verzehre', hom. Opt. Perf. βεβρώθοις; βρω̃μα, βρώμη, βρω̃σις `Speise', βρωτήρ `Esser'; βρω- kann auch aus *gʷr̥̄- entstanden sein (Schwyzer Gr. Gr. I 361);

    gr. βάραθρον, hom. βέρεθρον, ark. ζέρεθρον, δέρεθρον `Schlund';

    alb. zorrë `Darm', Pl. `Eingeweide' (`*Fraß, Geschlinge') aus *gʷērnā, dazu zgurdhë (*dz-guorda) `Eingeweide', ánger(r), angúrrë (*a-n-gʷor-nā) ds., Jokl Mél. Pedersen 139 ff.;

    lat. vorō, -āre (s. oben) `verschlingen', vorāgo `Schlund', carni-vorus;

    air. túarae `Speise' (*to-gʷr-ii̯ā?), mcymr. breuad `Totenwurm', breuan `Aaskrähe' (urkelt.*brāvato-, *brāvanā nach Fick II4 181; *brā = gr. βρω-?);

    ahd. querdar `Lockspeise, Köder' (*kver-þra-), nhd. `Köder'; aisl. krās f. `Leckerbissen' (*gʷrē-so-);

    bsl. *girō und *gerō `schlinge' in:

    lit. geriù, gérti, lett. dzeŕu, dzer̂t `trinken' (balt. *geri̯ō aus bsl. *gerō umgebildet), ablaut. lit. gė̃ris m. `Trinken, Trunk' und girà f. `Getränk'; Kaus. lit. gìrdyti, lett. dzir̂dît `tränken';

    slav. *žьr-ǫ, žerti in aksl. pоžъro, požrěti, sloven. požrèm, požrẹ́ti, ačech. požru požřieti `verschlingen', daneben slav. *žerǫ, žьrati in čech. žeru, žráti `fressen', vgl. russ. požrátь `auffressen';

    bsl. Partiz. Perf. Pass. *gīrta- in lit. gìrtas `betrunken': aksl. požrъtъ `devoratus' (*gr̥̄-to-, vgl. ai. gīrṇá- `verschlungen');

    bsl. gurtla- n. `Kropf, Kehle' in:

    apr. gurcle f. `Gurgel', lit. gurklỹs m. `Kropf, Adamsapfel';

    slav. *gъrdlo n. in russ.-ksl. grъlo `Kehle', skr. gȑlo `Hals, Gurgel', poln. gardɫo ds., russ. gorɫo ds., daneben slav. *žьrdlo in russ.-ksl. vozopi žerlom `exclamavit voce' und klr. žórlo `Flußbett'; sowie slav. *žerdlo in sloven. žrẹ́lo `Rachen, Schlund'; aruss. žerelo `Flußmündung';

    balt. -gara- `verschlingend' in lit. pra-garas `Abgrund, Hölle', lett. pragars `Vielfraß' (vgl. oben ai. -gara- `verschlingend', gr. βορός `gefräßig', lat. carni-vorus `fleischfressend').

    2. Mit voller oder gebrochener Reduplikation:

    ai. gárgara-ḥ `Schlund, Strudel'; Intens. ni-galgalīti, ni-jalgulīti `verschlingt', Partiz. járgurāṇa-;

    lat. gurguliō (-ur- wie im Balt.-Slav.) `Gurgel, Luftröhre', gurges `(Schlund =) Strudel, Wirbel, tiefes Gewässer', gurgustium (Suffix nach angustiae) `ärmliches Loch als Hütte oder Kneipe';

    ahd. quer(e)kela, querka `Gurgel', anord. kverk (*gʷergā) `Kropf, wovon afries. querka, anord. kyrkia `erwürgen';

    lit. gargaliúoju `röchle, gluckse'; nach Specht KZ. 59, 1101 hierher lit. gvr̃ĩgšti, gvarždė́ti `heiser sein', lett. gver̂g(z)dêt `knarren, schwatzen'; s. darüber WH. I 628;

    3. Mit Formans -u̯ā-:

    gr. att. δέρη, ion. δειρή, lesb. δερρα̃:, δέρα, dor. δήρα `Hals, Nacken' (*gʷer-u̯ā);

    auf Grund eines ī-Femininums *gʷ(e)rī: *gʷrīu̯ā `Hals, Schlundgegend' in:

    ai. grīvā́ f., av. grīvā `Nacken', lett. grīva `Flußmündung; Dreieckland zwischen Flüssen', grĩvis `langes Gras';

    aksl. griva `Mähne', grivьna `Halsband'.

    4. Als gh-Erweiterung vermutlich hierher *gʷrō̆gh-:

    in gr. ἔβροξε, Aor. `verschlang', hom. ἀνα-, κατα-βρόξειε, ἀνα-βροχείς, βρόξαι ῥοφη̃σαι Hes., βρόχθος m. `Schlund, Kehle';

    mhd. krage `Hals, Kehle, Nacken'; nhd. `Kragen', anord. kragi `Halskragen', mengl. crawe, engl. craw `Kropf der Vögel' (dehnstufig dazu mnd. krōch, krūch `Wirtshaus, Schenke', nhd. Krug in der Bed. `Schenke'? Bed. wie in lat. gurgustium `Kneipe');

    air. brāgae `Hals, Nacken' (*gʷr̥̄g-n̥t-), acymr. abal-brouannou `gurgulionibus' (eigentlich `Äpfel des Halses'), mcymr. breuant `Luftröhre' (urkelt. *brāg-); acorn. briansen `guttur', abret. Brehant-Dincat gl. `guttur receptaculi pugnae', vielleicht aus *br̥g-, Pedersen KG. 100.

    Mit Nasalierung dazu vielleicht gr. βρόγχος m., ion. βρογχίη `Luftröhre', βράγχια, βαράγχια `Fischkiemen; Luftröhrenäste' scheint im Vok. nach βραγχάω `bin heiser', βράγχος `Heiserkeit' umgebildet, das mit air. brongide `heiser' (oben 103) verwandt, aber von βρόγχος zu trennen ist (: ἔβραχε `rasselte, krachte, brüllte', ai. br̥ṃhati `barrire'? Johansson KZ. 36, 345).

    5. Mit reinem Velar: gr. γέργερος βρόγχος Hes., γαργαρεών `Zäpfchen im Munde', γαργαρίζω `gurgle' (: arm. kerkerim `werde heiser'?) vielleicht durch Entlabialisierung nach Formen mitγυρ- (γοργύρη `unterirdisches Gefängnis, Wasserleitung'), doch ist altes ger- neben gʷer- wegen gel- neben gʷel- an sich unbedenklich.

References: WP. I 682 ff., WH. I 627 f., Trautmann 89 f., 98, Specht KZ. 59, 110, 1.
Pages: 474-476
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 1359
Proto: *kurk(k)V
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: throat
German meaning: Gurgel
Finnish: kurkku 'Kehle, Gurgel, Rachen, Hals' ( > Saam. N gur'ko -rk- 'throat (inside)', kur`kōs (L) 'Luftröhre' (? if not < ONorse kverk or Slav. *kьrkь)
Estonian: kurk (gen. kurgu) 'Kehle, Gurgel, Rachen, Schlund' [? if not < ONorse or Slav., see above]
Mordovian: kirga, kiŕga, korga (E), kǝ̑rga (M) 'Hals' ?
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Kartvelian etymology :

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Proto-Kartvelian: *q̇orq̇-
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: горло, глотка
English meaning: throat
Georgian: q̇orq̇-
Megrel: q̇orq̇-el-, q̇urq̇-el-
Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 213, EWK 418-419. Довольно прозрачна связь с ПСК *q̇ăq̇ari / *q̇ăraq̇i 'горло' (NCED 909), см. Климов 1969, 292.
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *kōr-
Meaning : to drink, eat (greedily)
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-South Dravidian: *Kōr-
Proto-Telugu : *krō-l-
Proto-Gondi-Kui : *gronǯ-
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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *Kōr-
Meaning : to eat (?)
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Malayalam : kōruka
Malayalam meaning : to eat greedily
Kannada : koḷḷu
Kannada meaning : (Hav. S., p. 78) to drink
Number in DED : 2233
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Telugu etymology :

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Proto-Telugu : *krō-l-
Meaning : to drink, eat
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Telugu (Krishnamurti) : krōlu
Number in DED : 2233
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Gondwan etymology :

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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *gronǯ-
Meaning : to drink, guzzle
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *gronǯ-
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Kui-Kuwi etymology :

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Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *gronǯ-
Meaning : to drink, guzzle
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Kuwi (Israel) : gronj- (-it-)
Number in DED : 2233
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : KVRV
Meaning : to swallow, throat
Eurasiatic : *gwVrV
Afroasiatic : *gʷarʕ-
Sino-Caucasian : *ḳwVrV́
Amerind (misc.) : *kuri 'eat' (R 212) [+ K]
African (misc.) : Bantu *-kòdò 'throat, gullet'. Bush. *Go̯ru 'throat, pharynx'.
Notes : At least two roots (for Kartv. cf. also PNC *q̇ăq̇ari / *q̇ăraq̇i, Yen. *gǝ(n)kǝŕ; Amer. (R 501) *gwaka 'neck' [+ A]).
Reference : МССНЯ 335, ОСНЯ 235-236; GE 75 *ḳora (with more Amer. data).
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Afroasiatic etymology :

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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *gʷarʕ-
Meaning: throat, neck
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
Semitic: *gVrʕ- 'throat' ~ *gʷar(gʷ)ar- id.
Western Chadic: *gwar- 'trahea' 1, 'neck' 2
Central Chadic: *gwar- 'neck'
East Chadic: *gyaHar- 'neck'
Central Cushitic (Agaw): *gwirgʷ-Vm- 'throat, neck'
Saho-Afar: *garaʕ- 'throat'
Low East Cushitic: *gawraʕ- 'throat'
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Semitic etymology :

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Number: 115
Proto-Semitic: *gVrʕ-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'throat'
Geʕez (Ethiopian): gʷǝrʕē
Tigrai (Tigriñña): gʷärära
Notes: The vowel of the first syllable may be reconstructed as *-u- causing labialization of the initial velar
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West Chadic etymology :

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Proto-WChadic: *ga/ur-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'trahea' , 'neck' 2
Hausa: gárèèra
Mangas: ngir-si 2 [Cs]
Notes: cp. Hs ma-ko-gwaro 'neck'
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Central Chadic etymology :

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Proto-CChadic: *gwar-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'neck'
Tera: gura [Kr N 49], g'ura [Nm]
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East Chadic etymology :

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Proto-EChadic: *gyaHar-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'neck'
Tumak: gēér [Cp]
Sokoro: gɛ̀rɛ̀ [CLR: 253
Notes: Note that Sokoro has no f./m. preffixes, thus the first consonant belongs to the root.
echet-prnum,echet-meaning,echet-tum,echet-sok,echet-notes,

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Central Cushitic (Agaw) etymology :

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Proto-Agaw: *gwirgʷ-Vm-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'throat, neck'
Bilin: gurgumaa
Awiya (Aungi): gʷergum
Damot: gʷergem
agwet-prnum,agwet-meaning,agwet-bil,agwet-aun,agwet-dmt,

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Saho-Afar etymology :

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Proto-Saho-Afar: *garaʕ-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'throat'
Saho: garaʕ
Afar (Danakil): garaʕ
shoet-prnum,shoet-meaning,shoet-saho,shoet-afar,

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Low East Cushitic etymology :

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Proto-Low East Cushitic: *gawraʕ-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'throat'
Somali: gawraʕ
lecet-prnum,lecet-meaning,lecet-som,

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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ḳwVrV́
Meaning: throat
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
North Caucasian: *ḳwVrV
Sino-Tibetan: *khrǝ̄w (~gh-,qh-,Gh-)
Yenisseian: *kǝrVd (~g-,-ʒ)
Basque: *kokor̄
Comments and references : HGC 24, NSC 56 *ḳwVrV. For ST and PY cf. alternatively PNC *gārV.
sccet-meaning,sccet-prnum,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,sccet-yen,sccet-basq,sccet-notes,

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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *ḳwVrV
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: craw, crop
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *ḳʷiru
Proto-Tsezian: *q̇ʷVr
Notes: An Av.-And.-Tsez isogloss with somewhat confused correspondences, thus not very reliable. Initial uvular (instead of an expected velar) in PTs may be explained by contamination with another PEC root, *q̇winV q.v.
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-aand,caucet-cez,caucet-comment,

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Avar-Andian etymology :

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Protoform: *ḳʷiru
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: crop, craw
Akhvakh: ḳoro
Tindi: ḳoru
Karata: ḳoro (Rats.)
Comments: Cf. also Kar. L.-Enkh. ḳoro id.
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-akv,aandet-tnd,aandet-krt,aandet-comment,

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Tsezian etymology :

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Proto-Tsezian: *q̇ʷVr
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 crop, craw 2 throat
Ginukh: q̇ʷar-bašu 2
Khvarshi: q̇ur-na (Radzhibov)
Inkhokvari: q̇ur 1
Comments: PTsKh *q̇ʷVr (the vocalism is not clear). Cf. also Inkh. q̇ir-baji 'throat' (q̇ir possibly as a result of contamination with another PTs root, cf. Tsez. q̇en 'craw').
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-gin,cezet-khv,cezet-inh,cezet-comment,

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khrǝ̄w (~gh-,qh-,Gh-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: throat
Chinese: *gh(r)ō throat.
Tibetan: kru-kru windpipe (cf. also mgur, mgul throat, neck, ko-ko throat, chin).
Kachin: ǯǝkhro1 the throat, gullet.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-kach,

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Chinese characters :

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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: hóu
Preclassic Old Chinese: gh(r)ō
Classic Old Chinese: gh(r)ō
Western Han Chinese: ɣwā
Eastern Han Chinese: ɣwā
Early Postclassic Chinese: ɣōw
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ɣǝ̄w
Late Postclassic Chinese: ɣǝ̄w
Middle Chinese: ɣʌw
English meaning : throat
Russian meaning[s]: гортань, горло; глотка
Comments: For OC *gh- cf. Xiamen, Chaozhou au2.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 30
Four-angle index: 5047
Karlgren code: 0113 f
Jianchuan Bai: ku7-
Dali Bai: ku7-
Bijiang Bai: -qü7
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Chinese Dialects :

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Number: 1355
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 流開一平侯匣
ZIHUI: 0814 1564
Beijing: xou 12
Jinan: xou 12
Xi'an: xou 12
Taiyuan: xou 1
Hankou: xou 12
Chengdu: xǝu 12
Yangzhou: xôɨ 12
Suzhou: ɦöy 12
Wenzhou: ɦau 12
Changsha: xôu 12
Shuangfeng: ɣie 12
Nanchang: hɛu 12
Meixian: hɛu 12
Guangzhou: hau 12
Xiamen: hɔ 12; au 12
Chaozhou: au 12
Fuzhou: xeu 12
Shanghai: ɦô 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: xou 12
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Yenisseian etymology :

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Proto-Yenisseian: *kǝrVd (~g-,-ʒ)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: throat
Ket: kʌĺit6 / kʌĺat6, pl. kʌĺarǝŋ (бак., сур. kʌĺetn5 / kʌĺedǝŋ5)
Yug: kʌlat5,6, pl. kʌladɨŋ5
Arin: u-kurij (Лоск.) "throat"
Comments: ССЕ 237. Werner 1, 462-463 (but the Arin form is omitted, while compared is Kot. kankoi - going back to *gǝ(n)kǝŕ q.v.).
yenet-prnum,yenet-meaning,yenet-ket,yenet-sym,yenet-ari,yenet-notes,

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Basque etymology :

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Proto-Basque: *kokor̄ ~ *kor-ka
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 throat 2 gullet 3 to stuff oneself, gorge oneself
Bizkaian: korka-mizta 2, kokorro-tu 3
Low Navarrese: kokor 1
Lapurdian: kokor 1
Roncalese: kokor 1
basqet-prnum,basqet-meaning,basqet-bzk,basqet-bnv,basqet-lab,basqet-rnc,

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