djerg

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *derg-, from Proto-Indo-European *derHgʰ-. Cognate to Lithuanian dìrgti (“to feel faint, faint”).[1] [2]

Verb

djerg (aorist dorgja, participle djergë)

  1. to be lying ill, to fall (down)
  2. to lower, descend
  3. to herniate
  4. to melt away

References
  1. Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 131
  2. Fjalori i Mehmet Elezit, page 361
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