кърга

Moksha

Etymology

From earlier *kərga, from Pre-Mordvinic *kurga.[1] Likely borrowed from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to swallow, devour”). The connection with Finnish kurkku is doubtful.[2] Replaced Proto-Mordvinic *śīwə (“neck”).

Noun

кърга • (kərga)

  1. (anatomy) neck
  2. (anatomy) throat

References
  1. Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎, Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.
  2. Entry #1342 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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