drudh

Albanian

Etymology

Either related to Lithuanian drùzgas (“splinter, fragment”), drùžti (“to become weak”)[1] or from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrew (“to crumble, grind”), same root as dromcë.[2]

Verb

drudh (first-person singular past tense drudha, participle drudhur)

  1. to crumble (bread, cheese etc.)

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 76
  2. Çabej, E. 1976a. Studime Gjuhësore I, Studime Etimologjike në Fushë të Shqipes, A-O. Prishtinë: Rilindja, pp.329-331
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