lundër

Albanian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Uncertain. Either a zero-grade derivative of lëndë "wood, matter" (cf. dëllinjë vs. dullinjë, drënjë vs. drunjë, mëllenjë vs. mullenjë etc.), through a local variant lëndër, in which case related to Old Norse lundr "clump of trees, tree", or borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin lunter, luntrem; compare Romanian luntre, Italian londra.^[1]^[2]

Alternative forms edit

lëndër — Tosk

Noun edit

lundër f (plural lundra, definite lundra, definite plural lundrat)

rowboat, punt
river raft

Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin, from Latin lutra (“otter”). Compare Italian lontra (“otter”).^[3]

Alternative forms edit

lundërz

Noun edit

lundër f (plural lundra, definite lundra, definite plural lundrat)

(zoology) otter, Lutra lutra

References edit

^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lundër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 234
^ Guillaume Bonnet, Les mots latins de l’albanais (Paris-Montreal: L’Harmattan, 1998), 18.
^ Guillaume Bonnet, Les mots latins de l’albanais (Paris-Montreal: L’Harmattan, 1998), 18.

[1] Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lundër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 234

[2] Guillaume Bonnet, Les mots latins de l’albanais (Paris-Montreal: L’Harmattan, 1998), 18.

[3] Guillaume Bonnet, Les mots latins de l’albanais (Paris-Montreal: L’Harmattan, 1998), 18.

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