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querk

verb
/kwɜːk/UK

Etymology

From Middle English querken (also as querkenen), from Old Norse kvirkja (“to strangle”), from Proto-Germanic *kwirkijaną, from Proto-Germanic *kwerkō (“gullet, throat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷergʷ-, *gʷerkʷ-, *gʷerw- (“throat, neck”). Cognate with Old Frisian querka ("to strangle"; > North Frisian querke, quirke (“to querk”)), Danish kværke (“to throttle, strangle, suffocate”), Icelandic kyrkja, kvirkja (“to throttle, strangle”), Middle Low German querken (“to strangle”), Middle Low German querke, quarke (“throat, gullet”), Old High German querka, querkela (“throat, gullet”), Latin gurguliō (“throat”). More at gurgle.

  1. derived from *gʷergʷ-✻
  2. derived from *kwerkō✻ — “gullet, throat”
  3. inherited from *kwirkijaną✻
  4. derived from kvirkja — “to strangle”
  5. inherited from querken

Definitions

  1. To throttle

    To throttle; choke; stifle; suffocate.

  2. To grunt, croak, squeal

    To grunt, croak, squeal; to moan, complain; to sigh, huff; to emit a breath forcibly, as after great exertion.

  3. To die.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA