shpardh
Albanian
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editEtymology
editEnlargement with the collective suffix -dh(ë) of variant shparr.[1] Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *is-pardza, from Proto-Indo-European *perǵ- (compare Lithuanian pérgas (“fishing canoe”), Polish próg (“threshold, doorstep”)).[2]
Noun
editshpardh m (plural shpardhe, definite shpardhi, definite plural shpardhet)
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editReferences
edit- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 365-6
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shpardh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 427