Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *ber-, from Proto-Indo-European *bher- (to strew, spread; fall). Cognate to Lithuanian ber̃ti (to strew).[1]

Verb edit

bjerr (aorist bora, participle bjerrë)

  1. to lose, forfeit

Derived terms edit

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References edit

  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 104