gouzoug

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton guozouc, from Old Breton guodoc (cognate to Welsh gwddwg), from Proto-Celtic *wodwos (“spoils”), from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰH- (“strike”). The sense evolution would be from referring to captives as (countable) necks.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡu.zuk/

Noun

gouzoug m (plural gouzougoù)

1. (anatomy) neck
2. (by extension) throat, gullet
3. (by extension) neck of a bottle

Inflection

  Mutation of gouzoug  

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	gouzoug	c'houzoug	unchanged	kouzoug
plural	gouzougoù	c'houzougoù	unchanged	kouzougoù