collum

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (declension-2, neuter) The neck or throat.
2. (declension-2, neuter) A symbol of servitude.
3. (declension-2, neuter) A symbol of life.
4. (declension-2, metonymically, neuter) The neck of a flask or bottle; the neck of the poppy; the middle part of Mount Parnassus.

Sinonieme

cervix

nucha

cervīx

Vertalings

neck

Hals

cou

collo

coll

cuello

pescoço

hals

nek

boyun

Nacken

hefik

qirrik

gerden

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

[ˈkɔl.lũː]

Etimologie (Engels)

Uncertain, but perhaps from Proto-Italic *kʷolsom, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷolso- (“neck”, literally “that on which the head turns”), from *kʷel- (“to turn”). Typologically compare Old Armenian պարանոց (paranocʻ, “neck”); Russian во́рот (vórot), воротни́к (vorotník) (related to верте́ть (vertétʹ)).
See also Old English heals (“neck, prow of a ship”) (whence English halse (“neck, throat”)), Middle Dutch and Old Norse hals (“neck”).