Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *karnutja, based on a nominal derivative in *-ut-, related to Ancient Greek κυρτός (kurtós, curved, bent), Latin curvus (id).[1]

Verb edit

kërrus (aorist kërrusa, participle kërrusur)

  1. to bend (one's back)
    Synonyms: përkul, përkulem, gërmuq

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kërrus”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 184

Further reading edit

  • kërrus”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006