Where does “gurge” come from?

gurge (English) comes from Latin gurges, from Proto-Indo-European gʷerh₃- — to swallow, devour, eat.

gurge (English): To swallow up; A whirlpool

Definitions

  1. To swallow up; A whirlpool

Ancestry of “gurge”, step by step

gurge traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin gurges

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatingurgesA whirlpool; An eddy; A gulf, or a sea
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷerh₃-to swallow, devour, eat

via English gurges

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishgurgesplural of gurge

Words derived from “gurge”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷerh₃- →Every word from Latin gurges →