mërshë
Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Albanian *merusa, from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die”), cognate with Middle High German morsch "decayed, pulpy", Lithuanian mir̃ti, Scottish Gaelic marbh, Latin morior.[1] Alternatively, from Macedonian мрша (mrša) or Bulgarian мърша (mǎrša).[2][3]
Noun
[edit]mërshë f (definite mërsha)
References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mërshë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 263
- ^ Svane, Gunnar (1992) Slavische Lehnwörter im Albanischen (Acta Iutlandica. Humanistische Reihe; 67) (in German), Åarhus: Aarhus University Press, →ISBN, page 132
- ^ Ylli, Xhelal (1997–2000) Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge), Munich: Otto Sagner, page 165
Categories:
- Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Albanian
- Albanian terms derived from Proto-Albanian
- Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Albanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Albanian terms derived from Macedonian
- Albanian terms derived from Bulgarian
- Albanian lemmas
- Albanian nouns
- Albanian feminine nouns