urdhë

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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From udhë (way, road), from Proto-Albanian *uj́ā-, from Proto-Indo-European *uǵʰéh₂ < *weǵʰ- (to move, walk).[1] Cognate to Latin vehō, via, Old English weġ. Connected to erdha.[2] Close to Greek έρχομαι (érchomai, come), aorist ήρθα (írtha, I came), Middle Irish eirgg (go!), German ragen (to rise)[3]

Noun

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urdhë f

  1. return
    "Nënë!" "Urdhëro!" (Tosk)
    (child) "Mother!" (mother) "Return!" (imperative, mother expects child to answer/speak further)
    "Nân(ë)!" "Urdh(ë)no!" (Gheg)
    (child) "Mother!" (mother) "Return!" (imperative, mother expects child to answer/speak further)
  2. answer

Etymology 2

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Alternative variant of hurdhë. From Proto-Albanian *wurdā, from an earlier *urdā or *uordā, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (to boil, to burn). Cognate to Old Armenian վառիմ (vaṙim, to burn), Lithuanian vìrti (to cook, to boil).[4] Compare also Romanian urdă.

Noun

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urdhë f (plural urdha, definite urdha, definite plural urdhat)

  1. sort of white cheese
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References

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  1. ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 239
  2. ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 266
  3. ^ Vladimir Orel, A Handbook of Germanic Etymology (Leiden: Brill, 2003), 300.
  4. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “urdhë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 487-8