udhos

Albanian

Alternative forms

• urdhë, urdhos, hurdhë

Etymology

From fuller urdhos, from dialectal urdhë + participial -os ~ ues, from Proto-Albanian *wurdā, from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- (“boil, cook”) (compare Lithuanian vérdu, Serbo-Croatian váriti).

Noun

udhos m

1. salted, boiled milk or yogurt stored in a leather or cheesecloth bag
2. cheese made in a leather bag and periodically laced with milk

Related terms

• urlë, urë