derr

Albanian

Alternative forms

derrë [dɛrə] (Tosk)
derk [dɛɾk] (Archaic) [1]

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *darja, from *ǵʰorjos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers ~ *ǵʰr̥s ‘rough, bristly’ (compare Latin horrere ‘to bristle, tremble’, Greek χοίρος (choíros) ‘pig’).[2][3] Perhaps the source of the name of the Illyrian tribe Deuri.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɛr/
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Noun

derr m (indefinite plural derra)

pig

Synonyms

thi

Derived terms

derk

References

Investigating Obsolescence: Studies in Language Contraction and Death, by Nancy C. Dorian, 1992.
Orel, Vladimir (1998), “derr”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 61
Bardhyl Demiraj, Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz (Amsterdam: Rodopoi, 1997), 131–2.

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[1] Investigating Obsolescence: Studies in Language Contraction and Death, by Nancy C. Dorian, 1992.

[2] Orel, Vladimir (1998), “derr”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 61

[3] Bardhyl Demiraj, Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz (Amsterdam: Rodopoi, 1997), 131–2.