Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/gúrˀtla

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Alternative forms

*gerˀtlá (see for more descendants)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥h₃-tló-m, from *gʷerh₃- (“to swallow, eat”).

Noun

*gúrˀtla n^[1]

throat

Inflection

Declension of *gúrˀtla (o-stem)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*gúrˀtla	*gúrˀtlai	*gúrˀtlāˀ
Accusative	*gúrˀtla	*gúrˀtlai	*gúrˀtlāˀ
Genitive	*gúrˀtlā	*gúrˀtlāu⁽ˀ⁾	*gúrˀtlōn
Locative	*gúrˀtlai	*gúrˀtlāu⁽ˀ⁾	*gúrˀtlaišu
Dative	*gúrˀtlōi	*gúrˀtlamā⁽ˀ⁾	*gúrˀtlamas
Instrumental	*gúrˀtlōˀ	*gúrˀtlamāˀ	*gúrˀtlōis
Vocative	*gúrˀtla	*gúrˀtlai	*gúrˀtlāˀ

Descendants

Lithuanian: gurklỹs, gùrklis
Old Prussian: gurcle
Proto-Slavic: *gъ̀rdlo (see there for further descendants)

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’”

[1] 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’”

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