prënjkë
Albanian
editEtymology
editA derivative in -kë of Proto-Albanian *priknjā, from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“colored; motley”). Cognate to Sanskrit पृश्नि (pṛśni, “spotted, speckled”), Greek περκνός (perknós, “dark, spotted”), Welsh erch (“spotted”).[1]
Noun
editprënjkë f (plural prënjka, definite prënjka, definite plural prënjkat)
Declension
editDeclension of prënjkë
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “prënjkë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 344