dhëmb
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Albanian *ðámba-, from Pre-Proto-Albanian *j́amba-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (“tooth, peg”) (compare English comb, Greek γομφίος (gomfíos, “molar”), Serbo-Croatian zȗb (“tooth”)).[2][3]
Noun edit
dhëmb m (plural dhëmbë, definite dhëmbi, definite plural dhëmbët)
Declension edit
Declension of dhëmb
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 26, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dhëmb”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 82
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi