Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žerdlo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gerʔtló, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃-tlóm, from *gʷerh₃-.

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian gerklė̃ ‎(“throat, larynx”), East Lithuanian gérklę.

Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek ζέρεθρον ‎(zérethron).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʑrud̪wɔ]