different between quero vs querk

English

Noun

quero (plural queros)

1. Alternative form of kero (Inca drinking-cup)

Anagrams

• roque

Galician

Verb

quero

1. first-person singular present indicative of querer

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /?k?.?u/

Etymology 1

Verb

quero

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of querer

Etymology 2

Noun

quero m (plural queros)

1. Alternative spelling of kero

Spanish

Noun

quero m (plural queros)

1. quero; kero

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