Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *ϑōp-, * ̊tśap-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh3-(i-) (to sharpen). (Indirect) cognate to Latin cippus (pale, peak, point). A formation with the prefix kë-.[1]

Noun edit

këthap m (plural këthapë)

  1. hook, claw

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