hikërr

Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *eikrā, an -r derivative of iki (“to go”). For semantic development compare German gerinnen (“to coagulate”) from rinnen (“to run”).^[1]

Noun edit

hikërr f (plural hikërra, definite hikrra, definite plural hikërrat)

sour milk; buckwheat

Related terms edit

iki

References edit

^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “hikërr”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 148

[1] Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “hikërr”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 148

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