Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kerweiks

Proto-Italic

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Etymology

Traditionally thought to be from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂weyk-s, a compound of *ḱerh₂- and the root noun of *weyk-, literally "where the head turns." But there is no Italic cognates outside of Latin have been supplied, and per De Vaan, this etymology "is semantically very doubtful".

Noun

*kerweiks f

neck, nape

Descendants

Latin: cervix