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Breton
Etymology
From Middle Breton guozouc, from Old Breton guodoc (cognate to Welsh gwddwg), from Proto-Celtic *wodwos (“spoils”), from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰH- (“strike”). The sense evolution would be from referring to captives as (countable) necks.
Pronunciation
Noun
gouzoug m (plural gouzougoù)
- (anatomy) neck
- (by extension) throat, gullet
- (by extension) neck of a bottle
Inflection
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