Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kwerku

This Proto-West Germanic 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kwerkō.

Noun

*kwerku f

1. throat

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kwerku
Genitive	*kwerkā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kwerku	*kwerkō
Accusative	*kwerkā	*kwerkā
Genitive	*kwerkā	*kwerkō
Dative	*kwerkē	*kwerkōm, *kwerkum
Instrumental	*kwerku	*kwerkōm, *kwerkum

Derived terms

• *kwirkijan

Descendants

• ⇒ Old Frisian: querka, quertza (verb)
  • North Frisian: querke, quirke
• Old Saxon: *querka
  • Middle Low German: querke, quarke
  • ⇒ Middle Low German: querken (verb)
• Old High German: querka, querkala, querkela