Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gъrdlo

This Proto-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-Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gúrˀtlan, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥h₃-dʰlom. Morphologically parsable as *gъr- +‎ *-dlo. Baltic cognates include Lithuanian gurklỹs (“crop”), gùrklis (“crop”), Old Prussian gurcle. Further akin to Proto-Germanic *kwerkō (“throat”), Latin gurges (“gorge”).

Noun

*gъ̀rdlo n^[1]^[2]^[3]

throat

Inflection

Declension of *gъ̀rdlo (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gъ̀rdlo	*gъ̀rdlě	*gъ̀rdla
genitive	*gъ̀rdla	*gъ̀rdlu	*gъ̀rdlъ
dative	*gъ̀rdlu	*gъ̀rdloma	*gъ̀rdlomъ
accusative	*gъ̀rdlo	*gъ̀rdlě	*gъ̀rdla
instrumental	gъ̀rdlъmь, gъ̀rdlomь^*	*gъ̀rdloma	*gъ̀rdlȳ
locative	*gъ̀rdlě	*gъ̀rdlu	*gъ̀rdlě̄xъ
vocative	*gъ̀rdlo	*gъ̀rdlě	*gъ̀rdla

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

*gъrdlica

Related terms

*žerti (“to eat”)
*žerdlo (“mouth, gorge”)
*gъrtanь (“larynx”)
*grъtъ / *grotъ (“gorge”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: гърло (gŭrlo), горло (gorlo)
  - Belarusian: го́рла (hórla)
  - Russian: го́рло (górlo)
  - Ukrainian: го́рло (hórlo)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: гръло (grŭlo)
- Bulgarian: гъ́рло (gǎ́rlo)
  - → Romanian: gârlă
    - → Ukrainian: ги́рло (hýrlo)
- Macedonian: грло (grlo)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: гр̏ло
  
  Latin script: gȑlo
- Slovene: gŕlo (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: hrdlo
  - Czech: hrdlo
- Old Polish: gardło, garło
  - Polish: gardło, garło (Middle Polish, Suwałki, Augustów Governorate, Podhale, Rabka-Zdrój, Podhale, Pieniążkowice)
  - Silesian: garło
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: gardło
  - Slovincian: garlô
- Old Slovak: hrdlo, hardlo, herdlo, herlo, hridlo
  - Pannonian Rusyn: гарло (harlo)
  - Slovak: hrdlo
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: gjardło, gjarło
  - Upper Sorbian: hordło, horło

>? Proto-Slavic: *gъrdlačь^[4]
- → Albanian: gërlac

References

^ 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’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “gъrdlo”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 155); a/b (PR 132)”
^ Snoj, Marko (2016), “gŕlo”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *gъ̋rdlo”
^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “gërlac”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 115

[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’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001), “gъrdlo”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 155); a/b (PR 132)”

[3] Snoj, Marko (2016), “gŕlo”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *gъ̋rdlo”

[4] Orel, Vladimir (1998), “gërlac”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 115

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