eshk

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *aiska, from Proto-Indo-European *aisk- (“bright, shining”). Cognate to Lithuanian áiškus (“clear, bright”), Old Norse eiskra (“rage before hot excitement”), Old Church Slavonic искра (iskra, “spark”).

Noun[edit]

eshk m (plural eshqe, definite eshku, definite plural eshqet)

  1. strong thirst, ardor
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Etymology 2[edit]

Conservative variant of esh, from Proto-Albanian *etska, with devoicing from *edz-k-a, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰis; cognate with Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos), Macedonian еж (ež), German Igel, Lithuanian ežỹs.[1]

Noun[edit]

eshk m

  1. hedgehog

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “eshk”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 90
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