regj
Albanian
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Latin rēgem,[1] accusative of rex. Ultimately a doublet of rig.
Noun
editregj m (plural regjër)
Etymology 2
editFrom Proto-Albanian *raugja, with an original meaning 'to smoke', thus related to Old Norse reykr and Old High German rouh (“smoke”).[2] Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *(e)reug-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewg- (“to retch, vomit”). Cognate to Ancient Greek ἐρεύγομαι (ereúgomai, “to belch, gurk”).[3]
Verb
editregj (aorist regja, participle regjur)
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “regj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 367
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “regj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 367
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi