Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *namā,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (to apportion, sacrifice) (compare German nehmen (to take), Ancient Greek νέμω (némō, to distribute), νέμεσις (némesis, wrath)).

Noun edit

nëmë f

  1. curse

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “nëmë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 291