gouzoug

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Breton

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Etymology

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From Middle Breton guozouc, from Old Breton guodoc (cognate to Welsh gwddwg), from Proto-Celtic *wodwos (spoils), from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰH- (strike). The sense evolution would be from referring to captives as (countable) necks.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gouzoug m (plural gouzougoù)

  1. (anatomy) neck
  2. (by extension) throat, gullet
  3. (by extension) neck of a bottle

Inflection

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