Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Tosk variant of Gheg krand, from Proto-Albanian *ka-randa, from Proto-Indo-European *rendʰ- (to tear). Compare English rend, Sanskrit रन्ध्र (rándhra, fissure, split).[1]

Noun edit

krënd m (plural krënde, definite krëndi, definite plural krëndet)

  1. tender thin branches cut up with leaves used for fodder for domestic animals
  2. dry thin brushwood used as tinder
  3. unshucked ear of corn

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “krënd”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 196