querk
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Verb — (dialect) To choke or strangle someone.
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Etymology
Comes from Middle English querken (also 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”). It is cognate with Old Frisian querka ("to strangle"; giving North Frisian q...
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