derë
Albanian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Albanian *dœrə < *dwōrā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwṓr (“door”). Compare Proto-Slavic *dvьrь, Sanskrit द्वारा (dvārā), Latin foris.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
derë f (plural dyer, definite dera, definite plural dyert)
- door
- (figurative) family, home, tribe
- (figurative) solution
Declension edit
Declension of derë
Descendants edit
- Aromanian: derã
Etymology 2 edit
Tosk; from Proto-Albanian *deuna, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“lack, fail”) (compare Icelandic tjón (“loss”), Ancient Greek δῠ́η (dúē, “misery”)).[2]
Adjective edit
i derë
References edit
- ^ Schumacher, Stefan; Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 224
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “derë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 60