dridh

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *dreδ-, from Proto-Indo-European *d(h)r- (“to tremble, quake, rock”). Cognate to Lithuanian drebù (“to tremble, quake”).[1]

Verb

dridh (aorist drodha, participle dridhur)

  1. to tremble, quake, rock
  2. to move, dance
  3. to shake, vibrate

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dridh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 143
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