kërci
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)
Related terms
References
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi