Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *spara, from Proto-Indo-European *sporH- (spar, rafter). Cognate to Latin sparus (short spear), Old High German sparro (beam, girder).[1]

Noun

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shparr m (plural shparra, definite shparri, definite plural shparrat)

  1. Alternative form of shpardh

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Bardhyl Demiraj, Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz (Amsterdam–Atlanta: Rodopi, 1997), 365.