Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwerkō

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *kwerraną (“to devour, glut”) +‎ *-kô (body part suffix) +‎ *-ō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʷer.kɔː/

Noun

*kwerkō f

1. throat

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *kwerkō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kwerkō	*kwerkôz
vocative	*kwerkō	*kwerkôz
accusative	*kwerkǭ	*kwerkōz
genitive	*kwerkōz	*kwerkǫ̂
dative	*kwerkōi	*kwerkōmaz
instrumental	*kwerkō	*kwerkōmiz

Derived terms

• *kwirkijaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *kwerku
  • Old Saxon: *querka
    • Middle Low German: querke, quarke
  • Old High German: querka, querkala, querkela
• Proto-Norse: *ᚲᚹᛖᚱᚲᚢ (*kwerku)
  • Old Norse: kverk
    • Icelandic: kverk
    • Faroese: kvørkrar pl
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: kverk
    • Norwegian Bokmål: kverk
    • → Middle English: *querk
      • >? English: quirk
      • Scots: querk
  • → Proto-Finnic: *kurkku (see there for further descendants)