shpardh

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • shparr
  • shparth
  • Gheg: shperdhë f, shpardha f
  • Tosk: shpardhe f, shpardhje f

Etymology

Enlargement with the collective suffix -dh(ë) of variant shparr.[1] Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *is-pardza, from Proto-Indo-European *perǵ- (compare Lithuanian pérgas (fishing canoe), Polish próg (threshold, doorstep)).[2]

Noun

shpardh m (plural shpardhe, definite shpardhi, definite plural shpardhet)

  1. Italian oak (Quercus frainetto)

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References

  1. Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 365-6
  2. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shpardh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 427
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