udhë

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Disputed. Possibilities include:

  1. From Proto-Indo-European *uǵʰ-eh₂, from the root *weǵʰ- (to bring, carry),[1][2] whence also Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐍃 (wigs, way, road).
  2. From Proto-Albanian *wadā, from Proto-Indo-European *wodʰ-eh₂, from the root *wedʰ- (to beat, strike),[3] whence also Sanskrit वध् (vadh, kill, strike).
  3. Akin or borrowed from Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós, way, road).[4]
  4. From Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (to lead).

By some identified as the source of Ancient Greek οὔθα (oútha, dust; way, road).[5]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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udhë f (plural udhë, definite udha, definite plural udhët)

  1. way, road
    Synonym: rrugë

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 239
  2. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 400
  3. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “udhë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 482–483
  4. ^ Mann, Stuart E. (1977) An Albanian Historical Grammar[2], Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag, →ISBN, page 112
  5. ^ Krzysztof Tomasz Witczak (2016) “The earliest Albanian loanwords in Greek”, in lnternational Conference on Language Contact in the Balkans and Asia Minor[3], page 41