zverk
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
- From Proto-Albanian *dis-warka, derivative of *wera (modern vjerr, var) + diminutive -ka.[1][2]
- Alternatively borrowed from Gothic *swairhs.[3]
Noun edit
zverk m (plural zverqe, definite zverku, definite plural zverqet)
Synonyms edit
- (Gheg): shî
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “zverk”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 526-7
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 173
- ^ Huld, M.E., 1994. “Albanian zverk - Gothic *swairhs”, Historische Sprachforschung, 107(1): 165-71