Verbti

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Said to mean "the blind one", from Albanian verboj (to go blind), but this is most probably folk etymology. The term probably derives from Proto-Albanian *uērb-, from Proto-Indo-European *uer-b(h)- (to revolve, twist, turn (down)). Compare vorbull (whirlpool).

Proper noun

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Verbti

  1. A storm god in Albanian mythology, brother of Shurdhi (the deaf one)