See also: dere and de re

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)

  1. door
  2. (figurative) family, home, tribe
  3. (figurative) solution
Declension edit
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

  1. (Tosk) bitter
  2. (Tosk) difficult, toilsome, fatiguing

References edit

  1. ^ Schumacher, Stefan; Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 224
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “derë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 60