thikë
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Albanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Albanian *tsikā, derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃- (“to sharpen”), compare Armenian սուր (sur, “sharp; knife”).[1] Often considered to be the source of Latin sica.[2] Meyer (1891) considers a borrowing from Latin sīca (“a poniard, curved dagger”), but this is unlikely and outdated as Albanian was misunderstood as a Latin language.[3] Cognate with Sanskrit शा (śā, “to sharpen”).
Noun[edit]
thikë f (plural thika, definite thika, definite plural thikat)
Declension[edit]
Declension of thikë
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “thikë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 477
- ^ Havers, Wilhelm (1984). Die Sprache. A. Sexl. p. 84.
- ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “thikë”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, , page 90