urdhë
Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From udhë (“way, road”), from Proto-Albanian *uj́ā-, from Proto-Indo-European *uǵʰéh₂ < *weǵʰ- (“to move, walk”).[1] Cognate to Latin vehō, via, Old English weġ. Connected to erdha.[2] Close to Greek έρχομαι (érchomai, “come”), aorist ήρθα (írtha, “I came”), Middle Irish eirgg (“go!”), German ragen (“to rise”)[3]
Noun
[edit]urdhë f
- return
- "Nënë!" "Urdhëro!" (Tosk)
- (child) "Mother!" (mother) "Return!" (imperative, mother expects child to answer/speak further)
- "Nân(ë)!" "Urdh(ë)no!" (Gheg)
- (child) "Mother!" (mother) "Return!" (imperative, mother expects child to answer/speak further)
- answer
Etymology 2
[edit]Alternative variant of hurdhë. From Proto-Albanian *wurdā, from an earlier *urdā or *uordā, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to boil, to burn”). Cognate to Old Armenian վառիմ (vaṙim, “to burn”), Lithuanian vìrti (“to cook, to boil”).[4] Compare also Romanian urdă.
Noun
[edit]urdhë f (plural urdha, definite urdha, definite plural urdhat)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 239
- ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 266
- ^ Vladimir Orel, A Handbook of Germanic Etymology (Leiden: Brill, 2003), 300.
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “urdhë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 487-8