kedh

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Dialectal; either (1) a blend of synonyms kec + edh, or (2) a singularized plural of *kadh, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *kadza, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *koǵʰos (compare Serbo-Croatian koza (“goat”), Old English hēcen (“kid”)). Dialectal qith has been influenced by qengj (“lamb”) (variants qingjth, qîgj).[1] A possible relation with Proto-Germanic *kidją (compare Old Norse kið (“kid”), Old High German kizzi (“id”)) has been proposed, although this remains doubtful.[2]

Noun

kedh m (plural kedhë or kedha, definite kedhi)

  1. (dialectal) goat kid under a year old

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kedh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 341
  2. ^ A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, V.Orel, Brill, Leiden Boston 2003, p.214
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