different between querk vs querken

English

Etymology

From Middle English querken (also as querkenen), from Old Norse kvirkja (“to strangle”), from Proto-Germanic *kwirkijan?, from Proto-Germanic *kwerk? (“gullet, throat”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?erg?-, *g?erk?-, *g?erw- (“throat, neck”). Cognate with Old Frisian querka ("to strangle"; > North Frisian querke, quirke (“to querk”)), Danish kværke (“to throttle, strangle, suffocate”), Icelandic kyrkja, kvirkja (“to throttle, strangle”), Middle Low German querken (“to strangle”), Middle Low German querke, quarke (“throat, gullet”), Old High German querka, querkela (“throat, gullet”), Latin gurguli? (“throat”). More at gurgle.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kw??k/
• Rhymes: -??(r)k
• Homophone: quirk

Verb

querk (third-person singular simple present querks, present participle querking, simple past and past participle querked)

1. (transitive) To throttle; choke; stifle; suffocate.
2. (intransitive) To grunt; moan.

Related terms

• querken

English

Alternative forms

• quirken

Etymology

From Middle English querkenen, equivalent to querk +? -en.

Verb

querken (third-person singular simple present querkens, present participle querkening, simple past and past participle querkened)

1. (transitive) To querk.
2. (intransitive) To grunt; moan.