verrë

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • vërë

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *werā or *werwā, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wer- (to be wide, spacious) (or derivative *h₁wer-u-) and thereby cognate to Sanskrit उरु (urú, wide), वरस् (váras, space, width), and Greek ευρύς (evrýs, wide).[1]

Noun

verrë f (indefinite plural verra, definite singular verra, definite plural verrat)

  1. hole

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References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 500-1
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