Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *kaka or *keka. Related to Lithuanian kankù, kákti (to seize, reach), Latvian kacèt (to grasp) and Proto-Slavic *čekati (to expect, to wait).[1] Alternatively a variant of cek (to touch).

Verb edit

qek (aorist qeka, participle qekë)

  1. to mention, quote

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “qek”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 355