prokë

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Albanian

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Etymology

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With an unusual voicing of the anlaut, borrowed from Vulgar Latin brocca (fork, roasting-spit), from Latin broccus. Compare French broche, Italian brocca.[1]

Noun

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prokë f (plural proka, definite proka, definite plural prokat)

  1. nail, fork

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “prokë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 347