eshkë

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēsca.[1][2][3]

Noun

eshkë f

  1. mushroom (when dried used to kindle the fire)

References
  1. Meyer, Gustav (1891), “eškɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, page 97
  2. Miklosich, Franz (1871) Albanische Forschungen II. Die romanischen Elemente im Albanischen (in German), Vienna: Karl Gerold’s Sohn, page 23
  3. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “eshkë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 90
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