zvarrë

Albanian
Alternative forms

Etymology

A z- prefixed form of varrë, from Proto-Albanian *varsa, from Proto-Indo-European *u̯ers (“to drag on the ground”). Compare Hittite [Term?] (/u̯arš/, “pluck, reap”), Ancient Greek ἔρρω (érrhō, “go away, disappear”), Latin verro (“to drag, to sweep”), Old Norse vǫrr (“stroke”), Latvian vârsms (“heap of corn, grain”)[1].

Adverb

zvarrë

  1. dragged on the ground

References
  1. “Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch”, J. Pokorny, 1959, Bern : Francke
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