eshkë
Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin ēsca.[1][2][3]
Noun
[edit]eshkë f (definite eshka)
- amadou (Fomes fomentarius)
- punk; tinder
- charcoal (usually of heather wood) used in blacksmith’s forge
- (nonstandard) slag
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “eškɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, , page 97
- ^ Miklosich, Franz (1871) Albanische Forschungen II. Die romanischen Elemente im Albanischen (in German), Vienna: Karl Gerold’s Sohn, page 23
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “eshkë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 90