radhë

Albanian
Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *raðā, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- (“to arrange”), hence Old Norse ráða, German raten (“to advise; guess”). Alternatively related to rreth wheel, close to Germanic *raðo row (cf. Old Norse rǫð (“row”), Middle Low German gerade (“growing straight upwards”)), also connected to *rathan wheel[1].

Noun

radhë f (indefinite plural radhë, definite singular radha, definite plural radhët)

  1. row, queue, line, rank

References
  1. A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, V.Orel, Brill, Leiden Boston 2003, p.294
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