mërshë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *merusa, from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (to die), cognate with Middle High German morsch "decayed, pulpy", Lithuanian mir̃ti, Scottish Gaelic marbh, Latin morior.[1] Alternatively, from Macedonian мрша (mrša) or Bulgarian мърша (mǎrša).[2][3]

Noun

mërshë f (definite mërsha)

  1. rotting corpse, carrion
    Synonym: kërmë
  2. flab

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mërshë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 263
  2. Svane, Gunnar (1992) Slavische Lehnwörter im Albanischen (Acta Iutlandica. Humanistische Reihe; 67) (in German), Åarhus: Aarhus University Press, →ISBN, page 132
  3. Ylli, Xhelal (1997–2000) Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge), Munich: Otto Sagner, page 165
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