eshkë

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin ēsca.[1][2][3]

Noun

eshkë f (definite singular eshka)

  1. dried wood fungus used aspunk
  2. tinder fungus (Fomes fomentarius)
  3. charcoal (usually of heather wood) used in blacksmith’s forge
  4. (nonstandard) slag

Derived terms
  • eshkët, eshkore, eshkos

References
  1. Meyer, Gustav (1891), “eškɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, page 97
  2. Miklosich, Franz (1871) Albanische Forschungen II. Die romanischen Elemente im Albanischen (in German), Vienna: Karl Gerold’s Sohn, page 23
  3. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 90
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