mëri
See also: Appendix:Variations of "meri"
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Probably borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin mania (compare Romanian mânie). Alternatively from Greek μανία (manía, “madness”) given the corresponding stress.[1] Note Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to change, exchange”). Compare Sanskrit मेनि (mení, “revenge, vengeance”), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬌 (maēni, “punishment”), Old High German mein (“incorrect, deceitful”), Old Norse meinn (“harmful”), mein (“damage, pity, misfortune”).
Noun edit
mëri f
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mëri ~ mëni”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 262