veshkë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• eshkë, eshke
• veshke

Etymology

Altered with v- from veshje of variant eshkë, from Proto-Albanian *aiškā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oyd-sk-eh₂ (compare Old Church Slavonic исто (isto, “kidney”), Old Norse eista (“testicle”)), from *h₂eyd- (“to swell”), whence Ancient Greek οἰδέω (oidéō).

Noun

veshkë f (plural veshka, definite veshka, definite plural veshkat)

1. kidney

Synonyms

• (Gheg) rrâni

Derived terms

• veshkor