gërlac

Albanian

Etymology

Either borrowed from an unattested Proto-Slavic *gъrdlačь, or directly derived from *gъrdlo (“throat”).[1]

Noun

gërlac m

  1. windpipe
    Synonyms: gabzherr, laring

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gërlac”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 115
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