кърга

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Etymology

From earlier *kərga, from Pre-Mordvinic *kurga. Likely borrowed from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (to swallow, devour). The connection with Finnish kurkku is doubtful. Replaced Proto-Mordvinic *śīwə (neck).

Noun

кърга (kərga)

  1. (anatomy) neck
  2. (anatomy) throat

References

  1. ^ Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial, Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.
  2. ^ Entry #1342 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.