Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *driθ-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrisdʰ- ((kind of) cereals; barley). Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek κριθή (krithḗ, barley) and Old High German gersta (barley). Probably an old Wanderwort.[1]

Noun edit

drithë m

  1. cereal
  2. grain

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 145