kërrus

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *karnutja, based on a nominal derivative in -ut, related to Ancient Greek κυρτός (kurtós, “curved, bent”), Latin curvus (“id”).[1]

Verb

kërrus (first-person singular past tense kërrusa, participle kërrusur)

  1. to bend (one's back)
    Synonyms: përkul, përkulem, gërmuq

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 184
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