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

Mutation

Mutation of gouzoug
unmutated soft aspirate hard
singular gouzoug c'houzoug unchanged kouzoug
plural gouzougoù c'houzougoù unchanged kouzougoù
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