dridh

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *dreδ-, from Proto-Indo-European *d(h)r- (“to tremble, quake, rock”). Cognate to Lithuanian drebù (“to tremble, quake”).[1]

Verb

dridh (first-person singular past tense drodha, participle dridhur)

  1. to tremble, quake, rock
  2. move, dance
  3. shake, vibrate

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 143
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