Where does “gort” come from?

gort (Old French) comes from Latin gurges, from Proto-Indo-European gʷerh₃- — to swallow, devour, eat.

Ancestry of “gort”, step by step

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

Words derived from “gort”

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