drithë

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Albanian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *driϑ-, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ǵhr(i)sd(h) (“(kind of) cereals; barley”). Cognate to Ancient Greek κριθή (krithḗ, “barley”) and Old High German gersta (“barley”). Probably an old Wanderwort.[1]

Noun

drithë m

  1. cereal
  2. grain

References

  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 145
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