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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *kwirkō
Meaning: gullet, throat, smother
IE etymology: IE etymology
Old Norse: kverk f. `Kehle, Gurgel'; kürkja `erwürgen'
Norwegian: kverk
Swedish: dial. kvärk
Danish: kverk
Old Frisian: querka `erwürgen'
Middle Low German: querke, quarke
Old High German: quer(e)kela, querka `Gurgel'
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *gʷerw-, *gʷerkʷ-, *gʷergʷ-
Meaning: throat, neck
Tokharian: B kor 'throat' ( < *gʷoru-) (Adams 203-204)
Old Indian: gárgara- m. `whirlpool; churn'
Old Greek: *gʷerwā > att. (Aesch.) dérē, ark. derwa, ion. dẹ̄rḗ, aeol. dérā f. `Hals, Nacken, Kehle'
Slavic: *gъrdlo (= *gъrglo)
Baltic: *gurk-l-iā̃ f., *gur̂k-l-ia- c.
Germanic: *kwirk-ō f.
Latin: gurguliō, -ōnis m. `Gurgel, Luftröhre', gurges, -itis m., gurgus m., pl. gurga `Strudel, Wirbel; Schlund'
Russ. meaning: горло, шея
References: WP I 682 f
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: го́рло,
Near etymology: горла́н, укр. го́рло, блр. го́рло, др.-русск. гърло "λάρυνξ", болг. гъ́рло, сербохорв. гр̏ло, словен. gŕlo, чеш., слвц. hrdlo, польск. gardɫo, в.-луж. hordɫo, нж.-луж. gjardɫo.
Further etymology: Родственно др.-прусск. gurcle "горло", лит. gurklỹs, вин. п. gùrklį "зоб, горло", греч. βάραθρον "жерло, пасть", аркад. ζέρεθρον -- то же. Другая ступень чередования: жерело́, жру, жрать; см. Бернекер 1, 369; Траутман, BSW 89 и сл.; М. -- Э. 1, 683; И. Шмидт, KZ 32, 384; Мейе, Et. 316; MSL 14, 380.
Pages: 1,441-442
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *gurk-l-iā̃ f., *gur̂k-l-ia- c.
Meaning: throat
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: gurklē (Bretkun) 'Kehle', gurklī̃-s, gùrkli-s `Kropf (der Vögel), Adamsapfel, Doppelkinn, Flaschenhals'
Old Prussian: gurcle `Gurgel' Voc. 97
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