vigan
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
A formation from vig, possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to curve, bend; to exchange”). Compare Latin vinco (“I win, beat”), Lithuanian veikiù (“make work”), Old High German wig (“battle, struggle”), wigant (“cripple”), Old English wǣgan (“to torment, smite”). Less likely from viganj (“forge”), with sematic problems.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vigan m (plural viganë, definite vigani, definite plural viganët)
- a very big person, a giant
- (figurative) leading light
- (figurative) flagship
- (mythology) giant
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Omari, Anila (2012) “vigan”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, page 310
- Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vigan”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 507