vithe

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Albanian

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Etymology

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A diminutive in -th, based on Proto-Albanian *wīja (“twisted, woven”), from *weh₁yos (“twisted”), ultimately from *weh₁y- (“to twist, to twine”). Cognate to Latin vīeō, Sanskrit वयति (váyati), Lithuanian výti, Proto-Slavic *viti.[1]

Noun

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vithe f (plural vithe, definite vithja, definite plural vithet)

  1. crupper, rump, buttock, haunch

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vithe”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 510
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