votër

See also: voter

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *ōtr- Ultimately derived from *h₂ehₓ-tr-eh₂< Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₁ter- (“fire”). Cognate to Latin āter (“black”) and Proto-Iranian *ātr-. The Slavic and Romance words were probably borrowed from Albanian, due to the Ō to V transformation observed exlusively in Albanian, see varfër, vesh, verbër and vadhë[1][2]

Noun

votër f (indefinite plural votra, definite singular votra)

  1. (Gheg) fireplace, fireside

References
  1. “99. The dialectology of Albanian”, in Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics, de Gruyter Mouton, 2018, →ISBN
  2. Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture‎, Routledge, 1997, →ISBN, (EIEC)
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