674: Neck and Foot (Many Meanings) Oct 12, 2016

It is not uncommon for very basic words, especially those for body-parts, to take on many different meanings. A neck is what supports the head over someone's shoulders, and it always has even in its older Germanic roots. Later on, it took on the meaning of anything resembling the shape of a neck, which could be on bottles, or also as another word for the cervix and a few other different parts of bodily organs, teeth, rock-formations, and bits of land as well. It is not usually too difficult to think of words that carry so many meanings, although in some cases, like with 'foot' many of the other meanings, e.g. 'to foot a bill' don't make so much sense, even when there are plenty of others that relate to, with this word, traveling, distance, or things low to the ground, that are all denotable with the same word.