kec

Albanian

Alternative forms

kece, keç, kedh

Etymology

Diminutive with hypocoristic suffix -ç ~ -c of regular kedh, singularized plural of *kadh, from Proto-Albanian *kadza, from Proto-Indo-European *koǵʰos (compare Old English hæcen ‘kid’, Serbo-Croatian kòza ‘goat’, Wakhi čēǧ ‘kid’, Old Norse kið (“kid, goat”)).