kaca-
Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Likely akin to Greek κατσο- (katso-) and possibly borrowed from it.[1] Alternatively from kec, kac (“goat, lamb”).[2]
Prefix
[edit]kaca-
- A prefixoid denoting sharpness, roughness, abruptness and/or curvity.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Krimpas, P. G. (2021) “On the Modern Greek Origin of the Albanian KACA-prefixoids”, in Porta Balkanica, →ISSN, page 13
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kacabu ~ kacabû”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 161