An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Gurgel

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Friedrich Kluge2511349An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, G — Gurgel1891John Francis Davis

​ Gurgel, f., ‘gullet, throat,’ from MidHG. gurgel, OHG. gurgula, f.; a remarkably early loan-word (comp. Körper) from Lat. gurgulio, which supplanted a genuine Teut. word primit. allied to it — OHG. quërchala, quërcha, ‘gullet,’ allied to OIc. kverk, ‘gullet.’

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