ngordh

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *kār(i)da, from Proto-Indo-European *kēr dhē 'to take a root', hence 'to stiffen'[1]. Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *ĝher- 'to yearn for'. Compare Old Norse grāðr (“greed, lust, hunger”), Gothic grēdus (grēdus, “hunger”), Middle Irish grad (“love”), Latin grātum. Originally meaning 'to starve, die of hunger'.

Verb

ngordh (first-person singular past tense ngordha, participle ngordhur)

  1. I die (for animals only), to stiffen, strangle, kill
  2. I crave for

References
  1. A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden 2000, p.296
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