thupën

Albanian

Alternative forms

thupër (Standard Albanian)

Etymology

Unclear. There are two competing explanations:

From Proto-Albanian *tsupina (“stick”). Cognate with Ancient Greek σιβύνη (sibúnē, “flute case”), itself of Illyrian origin. This is probably a Wanderwort, having cognates in Caucasian and Middle Eastern languages, such as Old Armenian սուին (suin, “spear”) and Persian ‎ (zôpin, “a spit”).
Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *tsupera, to be compared to Old High German ubero and Latin super.[1]

Noun

thupën f (indefinite plural thupna, definite singular thupna, definite plural thupnat)

stick, spit

References

Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 172

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