noçkë

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From South Slavic; cf. Serbo-Croatian њу̏шка / njȕška (snout, muzzle, neb), Bulgarian нюшка (njuška). [1] Alternatively from Albanian noçë, of unclear origin. Possibly from an older *noshë, continuing Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s, *nh₂es (nose, nostrils), with the affricatization of the original final fricative (cf. çaj ~ shaj etc.).[2]

Noun

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noçkë f (plural noçka, definite noçka, definite plural noçkat)

  1. (anatomy) protruding part of a bone, e.g. ankle, knuckle, fetlock
  2. knob, nodule, protuberance
  3. knot in wood
  4. snout, trunk (elephant)

References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “noçkë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 300
  2. ^ Ylli, Xhelal (1997) Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)‎[1], volume I. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 173