ledh
Albanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Albanian *laida, from Proto-Indo-European *h2lei- (“slimy, to slip”). Cognate to Old Prussian laydis (“loam, clay”).[1]
Noun
editledh m
Etymology 2
editFrom Proto-Albanian *laidza, possibly a variant of lëndoj, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lento- (“bendsome, resilient”).
Noun
editledh f (plural ledha, definite ledha, definite plural ledhat)
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ledh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 216