ginnel

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*giną“throat, gullet”
2. Old Norse · derived fromgin“throat, gullet, maw”
3. Old English · derived fromgin“an opening, gap, abyss”
4. English todayginnel

From dialectal ginn (“road or passage down to the sea”) + -el (diminutive suffix), ultimately from Old English gin (“an opening, gap, abyss”) or Old Norse gin (“throat, gullet, maw”), both from Proto-Germanic *giną (“throat, gullet”).