vangë
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)
Related terms
References
- ^ 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