vangë
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Albanian *wang-, from Proto-Indo-European *wen(H)g- (“to be bent, curved”). Cognate with Lithuanian vìngis (“bow, crooking”), Old High German wankōn (“to shake, totter, stagger”).[1]
Noun edit
vangë m (plural vangë, definite vangu, definite plural vangët)
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 408