shpor

Albanian

Etymology

Either from Proto-Indo-European *per- (to bear, lead across, penetrate) (cf. shpoj and shporr), or a loanword from Gothic, through an unattested Vulgar Latin *spora.[1]

Noun

shpor m (indefinite plural shporë, definite singular shpori, definite plural shporët)

  1. spur, rooster's breast

Declension

Derived terms

  • shporoj

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 430
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