# Why is the Cervix very far from the Cervical area of the neck?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 25, 2024, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-cervix-very-far-from-the-cervical-area-of-the-neck/1000735 "2024-04-25T09:55:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-cervix-very-far-from-the-cervical-area-of-the-neck/1000735/21 "2024-05-09T16:44:06Z")

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You are confusing “cunnus” with “cuneus”, @DSeid 🙂 The former does not mean “wedge”… (at least not literally, and the etymology has not been certainly established.) Etymology is uncertain but various dictionaries suggest related words meaning ditch, gash, slit…

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**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-cervix-very-far-from-the-cervical-area-of-the-neck/1000735/22 "2024-05-10T12:54:27Z")

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Oh, well. “Cuneus” is still one theory of origin, but more likely is either the PIE root for “conceal” (as in a cover – which would make “sky” a cognate – “sky” originally meant “cloud”), or the PIE root for “cut” (as in a slit – which would make “scissors” and “shit”\* cognates).

(\*The shit/scissors connection is well established. It’s about how, when you shit, a piece of your body is being “cut” from the rest of your body.)

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**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-cervix-very-far-from-the-cervical-area-of-the-neck/1000735/23 "2024-05-10T15:39:51Z")

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> [@JKellyMap](#):
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> It’s about how, when you shit, a piece of your body is being “cut” from the rest of your body.)

So our Proto-Indo-European-speaking forebears thought they were made of shit?

That actually very sad.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-cervix-very-far-from-the-cervical-area-of-the-neck/1000735/24 "2024-05-10T15:45:35Z")

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Eh, “pinch one off” is still used today. It’s the same connotation.

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**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-cervix-very-far-from-the-cervical-area-of-the-neck/1000735/25 "2024-05-10T17:38:00Z")

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And it still helped as a study aid!

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