Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *drūdz(i)ska, derived from *drūdza > drydhët.[1] Compare Lithuanian druska (salt). Alternatively, it might represent a prefixal derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (red).

Noun

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dryshk m (plural dryshqe, definite dryshku, definite plural dryshqet)

  1. rust

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 77