mërshë
Albanian
Etymology
From Macedonian мрша (mrša) or Bulgarian мърша (mǎrša).[1][2] Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *merusa, from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die”).[3]
Noun
mërshë f (definite mërsha)
Synonyms
- (corpse): kërmë
References
- ^ Gunnar Svane, Slavische Lehnwörter im Albanischen (Åarhus: Aarhus University Press, 1992), 132.
- ^ Xhelal Ylli, Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen, vol. 1: Lehnwörter (Munich: Otto Sagner, 1997), 165.
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mërshë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 263
Categories:
- Albanian terms borrowed from Macedonian
- Albanian terms derived from Macedonian
- Albanian terms borrowed from Bulgarian
- Albanian terms derived from Bulgarian
- Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Albanian
- Albanian terms derived from Proto-Albanian
- Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Albanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Albanian lemmas
- Albanian nouns
- Albanian feminine nouns