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

Etymology

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

    Noun

    *gúrˀtla n[1]

    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
    • Samogitian: gorklīs
    • Old Prussian: gurcle
    • Proto-Slavic: *gъ̀rdlo (see there for further descendants)

    References

    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’