Etymology

bottleneck

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Today it means: The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle. Full definition →

English neck ← Middle English nekke ← Old English hnecca
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeHw-
  2. Latinbuttis
  3. Late Latinbutticula
  4. Old Frenchboteille
  5. Middle Englishbotel
  6. Englishbottle
  7. Proto-Germanic*hnakkô
  8. Proto-West Germanic*hnakkō
  9. Old Englishhnecca
  10. Middle Englishnekke
  11. Englishneck
  12. English todaybottleneck

From bottle + neck.

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