Where does “hrdlo” come from?

hrdlo (Slovak) comes from Proto-Slavic gъrdlo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic gúrʔtlo, from Proto-Indo-European gʷr̥h₃tlóm.

hrdlo (Slovak): throat; neck, bottleneck

Definitions

  1. throat; neck, bottleneck

Ancestry of “hrdlo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicgъrdlothroat, gorge
2Proto-Balto-Slavicgúrʔtlo
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷr̥h₃tlóm
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷr̥h₃tlómEvery word from Proto-Balto-Slavic gúrʔtloEvery word from Proto-Slavic gъrdlo
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