Albanian edit

Etymology edit

Metathesized form of *kri-tsi, from Proto-Albanian *krū ̊, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱruh₂-s (limb). Cognate to Latin crūs (shank, leg, limb).[1]

Noun edit

kërci m (plural kërcinjë, definite kërcyri, definite plural kërcinjtë)

  1. shank, (lower part of the) leg, shin-bone

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 224