kërci

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Albanian

Etymology

Methatesized form of *kri-tsi, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *krū ̊, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ḱruh2-s (“limb”). Cognate to Latin crūs (“shank, leg, limb”).[1]

Noun

kërci m (plural kërcinjë, definite kërcyri, definite plural kërcinjtë)

  1. shank, (lower part of the) leg, shin-bone

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
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