Albanian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From kep. Beside shqep, an Albanian formation with the intensive prefix sh-, from Proto-Albanian *skaipa. Compare Old Norse skífa (to split), Old Frisian skīvia (to divide)[1] and perhaps English shape.

Verb edit

shkep (aorist shkepa, participle shkepur)

  1. to hew, chisel, sew, stich
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

A parallel form is shkrep, continuing Proto-Albanian *krepa (body), cognate to Sanskrit कृप् (ḱṛp, shape, beautiful appareance), Latin corpus (body), Old High German hrēf (belly). Similar sense development in Germanic (compare Gothic galeiks (like), from leik (body)).[2]

Verb edit

shkep (aorist shkepa, participle shkepur)

  1. to resemble

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shkep”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 419
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shkep”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 419