ferrë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *spernā, from Proto-Indo-European *sper (“spear, stick”), close to Latin sparus (“short spear”), Proto-Germanic *speru (whence Old Norse spjǫr).[1]

Noun

ferrë f (plural ferra, definite ferra, definite plural ferrat)

  1. thorn, thorny (bush)

Derived terms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ferrë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 95
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