këthap

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Albanian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *ϑōp-, * ̊tśap-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh3-(i-) (“to sharpen”). (Indirect) cognate to Latin cippus (“pale, peak, point”). A formation with the prefix kë-.[1]

Noun

[edit]

këthap m (plural këthapë)

  1. hook, claw
[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=këthap&oldid=58612785"