cervix

Etymology
Borrowed from, see below.

Noun

 * 1)  The neck.
 * 2)  The necklike portion of an organ or part of the body.
 * 3)  The cervix uteri, or lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.
 * 1)  The cervix uteri, or lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: عنق الرحم
 * Armenian: արգանդի վզիկ
 * Bulgarian: шийка на матката
 * Burmese: သားအိမ်ခေါင်း
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Faroese: lívmóðurhálsur
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Cervix uteri, Cervix, Zervix,
 * Greek:
 * Hindi:, गर्भाशयग्रीवा
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido: cervixo
 * Irish: ceirbheacs
 * Italian:, collo dell'utero
 * Japanese: 子宮頸部
 * Khmer:, មាត់ស្បូន
 * Korean: 자궁경
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: stuyê malzarokê
 * Latvian: dzemdes kakls
 * Lithuanian: gimdos kaklelis
 * Maori: waha kōpū
 * Marathi: योनिमार्ग,
 * Mongolian: умайн хүзүү
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: livmorhals
 * Nynorsk: livmorhals
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: cérvice,
 * Russian:
 * Slovene: maternični vrat
 * Spanish: cérvix
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: liig-liigan
 * Turkish:
 * Welsh: mwnwgl y groth, serfics

Etymology
Borrowed from, see below.

Noun

 * 1)  neck
 * 2)  The cervix between the uterus and the vagina.

Etymology
According to one hypothesis, from, from , from  (compare ) and  (compare ), literally. De Vaan rejects this etymology, calling it "semantically very doubtful".

Noun

 * 1)  neck, nape
 * 2) great burden, danger
 * 3) boldness, headstrong behavior
 * 4)   neck
 * 1) great burden, danger
 * 2) boldness, headstrong behavior
 * 3)   neck

‘...levis odorato cervix manabit olivo, et feries nudos veste fluente pedes’- Propertius 3.17

Note: Often used in the plural with singular meaning.

Descendants

 * Balkan Romance:
 * Gallo-Romance:
 * Ibero-Romance:
 * Italo-Romance:
 * Borrowings:
 * Ibero-Romance:
 * Italo-Romance:
 * Borrowings:
 * Italo-Romance:
 * Borrowings:
 * Italo-Romance:
 * Borrowings:
 * Borrowings:
 * Borrowings:

Etymology
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