erdha
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
Older ardh, aorist of vij. Rebuilt from 3rd pers. erdh, with i-mutation from *arði, from Proto-Albanian *ardze, with Osthoff’s shortening from earlier *ērdz-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁r̥ǵʰ-, weak perfective stem of *h₁erǵʰ- (“to go up, rise”).[1] Close to Greek έρχομαι (érchomai, “come”), aorist ήρθα (írtha, “I came”), Middle Irish eirgg (“go!”), German ragen (“to rise”).[2]
Verb edit
erdha (aorist erdha, participle ardhur)
- to have come, arrived
- to have originated
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References edit
- ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 266
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 259