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vithe

Albanian edit

Etymology edit

A diminutive in -th, based on Proto-Albanian *wīja (“twisted, woven”), from Proto-Indo-European *u̯ei (“to twist, to weave”). Cognate to Latin vīeō, Sanskrit वयति (váyati), Lithuanian výti, Proto-Slavic *viti.[1]

Noun edit

vithe f (plural vithe, definite vithja, definite plural vithet)

  1. crupper, rump, buttock, haunch

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References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vithe”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 510
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