thikë
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Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Albanian *tsikā, possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃- (“to sharpen”), compare Armenian սուր (sur, “sharp; knife”) and Sanskrit शा (śā, “to sharpen”).[1] Meyer (1891) and others consider alternatively a borrowing from Latin sīca (“a poniard, curved dagger”).[2], while other scholars believe instead the opposite.[3]
Noun
[edit]thikë f (plural thika, definite thika, definite plural thikat)
Declension
[edit]Declension of thikë
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “thikë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 477
- ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “thikë”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, , page 90
- ^ Havers, Wilhelm (1984). Die Sprache. A. Sexl. p. 84.