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degë

See also: dege

Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *duaigā, from Proto-Indo-European *dwoy-, from the root *dwi- (“binary, consisting of two”). Cognate to Old High German zwig (“forking, crotch (of tree); bough, branch”).[1] Alternatively from a root *deh₃gʰ- shared with Proto-Germanic *tōgô (“branch”).[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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degë f

  1. forking, crotch (of tree), bough, branch

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References

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  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 125
  2. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*tōgan- ~ *takkan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 519
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