Where does “bottleneck” come from?
I appreciate the detailed instructions, but I need to flag a significant problem with this etymology chain: it appears corrupted or incomplete. The chain jumps erratically between unrelated roots (Latin -culus, bʰew-, ars) without clear connections, and includes duplicate entries. Before I write the summary, could you verify the chain? A proper bottleneck etymology should trace something like: **bottle** (from Old French *botelle*, from Medieval Latin *butticula*, from Latin *buttis*) + **neck** (from Middle English *nekke*, from Old English *hnecca*) As written, this chain doesn't support a coherent etymology for "bottleneck." I cannot responsibly write a sentence that would be "quoted by search engines and AI assistants" based on an incoherent source. Could you provide the corrected chain?
bottleneck (English): The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout...
Definitions
- The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout...
Ancestry of “bottleneck”, step by step
bottleneck traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bottle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bottle | A container, typically made of glass or plastic... |
| 2 | English | bottle and glass | arse |
| 3 | English | arse | The buttocks or more specifically, the anus; A... |
| 4 | Middle English | ars | arse, anus; bottom, buttocks; plural of art |
| 5 | Old French | arz | — |
| 6 | Latin | artes | second-person singular present active subjunctive... |
| 7 | Latin | ars | art; skill, craft, handicraft, trade, power |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | artis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂értis | fitting |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via English neck
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | neck | The part of the body connecting the head and the... |
| 2 | Middle English | nekke | neck |
| 3 | Old English | hnecca | back of the neck; back of the head; neck |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *hnakkō | nape |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hnakkô | the back of the neck; nape |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | knog- | back of the head, nape, neck |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ken- | to arise, begin |