*kwerkō
Runic: ᚲᚹᛖᚱᚲᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈkʷer.kɔː/noun · feminine · ō-stem
Meanings
throat
Etymology
From *kwerraną (‘to devour, glut’) + *-kô (body part suffix) + *-ō.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | kwerkō | kwerkôz |
| Acc. | kwerkǭ | kwerkōz |
| Gen. | kwerkōz | kwerkǫ̂ |
| Dat. | kwerkōi | kwerkōmaz |
| Inst. | kwerkō | kwerkōmiz |
| Voc. | kwerkō | kwerkôz |
Descendants
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*kwerku (Proto-West Germanic)
- querka, querkala, querkela (Old High German)
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*kwerku (Proto-West Germanic)
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*querka (Old Saxon)
- querke, quarke (Middle Low German)
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*querka (Old Saxon)
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*ᚲᚹᛖᚱᚲᚢ (*kwerku) (Proto-Norse)
- *kurkku (Proto-Finnic)
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*ᚲᚹᛖᚱᚲᚢ (*kwerku) (Proto-Norse)
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kverk (Old Norse)
- kvørkrar (Faroese)
- kverk (Icelandic)
- kverk (Norwegian Bokmål)
- kverk (Norwegian Nynorsk)
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kverk (Old Norse)
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*ᚲᚹᛖᚱᚲᚢ (*kwerku) (Proto-Norse)
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kverk (Old Norse)
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*querk (Middle English)
- quirk (English)
- querk (Scots)
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*querk (Middle English)
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kverk (Old Norse)