harkla.
to clear one's throat
Meaning & usage
to clear one's throat
Where this word comes from
From Old Swedish harkla, a borrowing from Old High German harchelen, from a Proto-Germanic root meaning "to scrape" and perhaps ultimately of imitative origin, related to words such as Dutch hark (“rake”), Danish harke (“to cough up phlegm”), Ancient Greek κράζω (krázō, “to squeak, scream”), Sanskrit खर्जति (kharjati, “it creaks”).
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