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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gúrˀtla, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥h₃-dʰlom. Morphologically parsable as *gъr- + *-dlo. Baltic cognates include Lithuanian gurklỹs (“crop”), gùrklis (“crop”), Old Prussian gurcle. Further akin to Proto-Germanic *kwerkō (“throat”), Latin gurges (“gorge”).
Noun
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *gъ̀rdlo | *gъ̀rdlě | *gъ̀rdla |
| genitive | *gъ̀rdla | *gъ̀rdlu | *gъ̀rdlъ |
| dative | *gъ̀rdlu | *gъ̀rdloma | *gъ̀rdlomъ |
| accusative | *gъ̀rdlo | *gъ̀rdlě | *gъ̀rdla |
| instrumental | *gъ̀rdlъmь, *gъ̀rdlomь* | *gъ̀rdloma | *gъ̀rdlȳ |
| locative | *gъ̀rdlě | *gъ̀rdlu | *gъ̀rdlě̄xъ |
| vocative | *gъ̀rdlo | *gъ̀rdlě | *gъ̀rdla |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
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Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “горло”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gъrdlo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 204
- Gluhak, Alemko (1993) “Proto-Slavic/gъrdlo”, in Hrvatski etimološki rječnik (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: August Cesarec, →ISBN, page 247
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gъ̀rdlo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 198: “n. o (a) ‘throat’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “gъrdlo”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 155); a/b (PR 132)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “gŕlo”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *gъ̋rdlo”
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gërlac”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 115