Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *dargei-, from Proto-Indo-European *derHgʰ-. Cognate to Lithuanian dìrgti (to feel faint, faint), Proto-Slavic *dьrgati (to pluck, to pull), and Proto-Germanic *targijaną (to tear). Present dergjem with umlaut of the root vowel, as usual in the Albanian non-active paradigm.[1]

Verb edit

dergj (aorist dergja, participle dergjurë)

  1. to be bedridden, (be lying) ill, pine (away)

Related terms edit

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 131