vangë

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *uang-, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *wen(H)g- (to be bent, curved). Cognate with Lithuanian vìngis (bow, crooking), Old High German wankōn (to shake, totter, stagger).[1]

Noun

vangë m (plural vangë, definite vangu, definite plural vangët)

  1. (rim) wheel, felloe

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 408