Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/gerˀtlá

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

Etymology

    With a secondary e-grade, formally reflecting Proto-Indo-European **gʷerh₃-tló-m. See more at *gúrˀtla.

    Noun

    *gerˀtlá n[1]

    1. alternative form of *gúrˀtla (throat)

    Descendants

    • Lithuanian: gerklė̃, (dialectal) gérklę
    • Proto-Slavic: *žerdlò (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “gerklė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 172