radhë

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *raðā, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- (“to arrange”), hence Old Norse ráða, German raten (“to advise; guess”). Alternatively related to rreth (“wheel”), close to Proto-Germanic *raðo (“row”) (compare Old Norse rǫð (“row”), Middle Low German gerade (“growing straight upwards”)), also connected to *rathan (“wheel”).[1]

Noun

radhë f (plural radhë, definite radha, definite plural radhët)

  1. row, queue, line, rank

References

  1. ^ A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Vladimir Orel, Brill, Leiden Boston 2003, page 294
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