thembër

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • themër, thëmër

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tsambrā, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱamb- 'bent, crooked' (compare Ancient Greek σκαμβός (skambós), Old Irish camm, Swedish skimpa ‘to hop’).[1]

Noun

thembër f (indefinite plural thembra, definite singular thembra, definite plural thembrat)

  1. heel
  2. (figuratively) edge of cake or bread

References
  1. Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 474.
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