degë

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *duaigā, from Proto-Indo-European *dwoy-, from the root *dwi- (binary, consisting of two). Cognate to Old High German zwig (forking, crotch (of tree); bough, branch).[1] Alternatively from a root *deh₃gʰ- shared with Proto-Germanic *tōgô (branch).[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

degë f

  1. forking, crotch (of tree), bough, branch

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 125
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*tōgan- ~ *takkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 519