shkund

Albanian

Alternative forms

• (Gheg) shkun
• (Gheg) shkunn

Etymology

• From Proto-Albanian *skunta, either a nasal present of Proto-Indo-European *skeut- or from *sku(n)t-, *ku(n)t- (“to shake, rattle”).
• Close to Latin excutere, Italian scuotere and Proto-Germanic *skundijaną (“to drive, push, compel, rush”) (compare English shunt).
• Cognate to Middle Irish scothaid (“to cut off”), Lithuanian skutù (“to scrape”) and Latin scindō (“to tear into parts”).

Verb

shkund (aorist shkunda, participle shkundur)

1. to shake, swing

Derived terms

• shkundulloj
• shkundëllimë

Related terms

• lëkund