mëri
Albanian
Alternative forms
- mëni (Gheg)
Etymology
Probably from Latin mania (compare Romanian mânie). Alternatively from Greek μανία (manía, “madness”) given the corresponding stress.[1] Note Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to change, exchange”). Compare Sanskrit मेनि (mení, “revenge, vengeance”), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬌 (maēni, “punishment”), Old High German mein (“incorrect, deceitful”), Old Norse meinn (“harmful”), mein (“damage, pity, misfortune”).
See also
- inat
- zemërim
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “mëri ~ mëni”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 262
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