βράγχος

Etymology
The resemblance with may have caused the semantic shift of. Furnée connects the word with, and. This shows a set of variants βρακ-/βραχ-/βραγχ- which are typical of. The additional -α- in the first syllable of may be due to purely phonetic epenthesis, but this type of variation, too, is frequent in Pre-Greek words as well.

Noun

 * 1) hoarseness or sore throat causing it
 * 2)  kind of disease of swine, either anthrax or foot-and-mouth disease