udhë

Albanian

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *uǵʰ-éh₂, from the root *weǵʰ- (“to bring, carry”), whence also Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐍃 (wigs, “way, road”).[1] Traditionally compared with Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós, “way, road”).[2] By some identified as the source of Ancient Greek οὔθα (oútha, “dust; way, road”).[3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /uːð/

Noun

udhë f (indefinite plural udhë, definite singular udha, definite plural udhët)

  1. way, road

Declension
Declension of udhë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative udhë udhë udha udhët
accusative udhën
dative udhe udhëve udhës udhëvet
ablative udhësh

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References
  1. Schumacher, Stefan; Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 239
  2. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “udhë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 482–483
  3. Krzysztof Tomasz Witczak (2016), “The earliest Albanian loanwords in Greek”, in lnternational Conference on Language Contact in the Balkans and Asia Minor‎, page 41
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