dhëmb

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Albanian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *ðámba-, from Pre-Proto-Albanian *j́amba-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (tooth, peg) (compare English comb, Greek γομφίος (gomfíos, molar), Serbo-Croatian zȗb (tooth)).[2][3]

Noun[edit]

dhëmb m (plural dhëmbë, definite dhëmbi, definite plural dhëmbët)

  1. tooth

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 26, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dhëmb”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 82
  3. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi