endë

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *and-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éndʰos (sprout, germ). Cognate to Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos, sprout, flower) and Vedic Sanskrit अन्धस् (ándhas, Soma, grass, herb). A formation with umlaut of the root vowel from plural *andī̆.[1]

Noun[edit]

endë m (plural endë, definite endi, definite plural endët)

  1. blooming
  2. bloom
  3. pollen

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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 166