Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *skaka, from Proto-Indo-European *skek- (to jump, be agile). Cognate to Old Norse skaga (to protrude), Proto-Slavic *skokъ (jump).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

shkak n (plural shkaqe, definite shkaku, definite plural shkaqet)

  1. reason, cause
  2. noose, snare, trap

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References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shkak”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 418