zvarrë
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Albanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A z-prefixed form of varrë, from Proto-Albanian *varsa, from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to drag on the ground”). Compare Hittite [Term?] (/u̯arš-/, “pluck, reap”), Ancient Greek ἔρρω (érrhō, “to move slowly, limp; go away, disappear”), Latin verrō (“to drag, to sweep”), Old Norse vǫrr (“stroke”), Latvian vârsms (“heap of corn, grain”).[1]
Adverb[edit]
zvarrë
References[edit]
- ^ “Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch”, J. Pokorny, 1959, Bern : Francke