vangë

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See also: vange and Vange

Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *wang-, from Proto-Indo-European *wen(H)g- (“to be bent, curved”). Cognate with Lithuanian vìngis (“bow, crooking”), Old High German wankōn (“to shake, totter, stagger”).[1]

Noun

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vangë m (plural vangë, definite vangu, definite plural vangët)

  1. (rim) wheel, felloe
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References

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  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 408
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