Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *ampa, from Proto-Indo-European *ap-. Cognate to Ancient Greek ἅπτω (háptō, to seize, grasp), Sanskrit आप्नोति (āpnòti, to reach).[1]

Verb edit

shemb (aorist shemba, participle shembur)

  1. to demolish, abate, collapse

Synonyms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “shemb”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 410