potkua
Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from South Slavic,[1][2][3][4] ultimately from Proto-Slavic *podъkova. Compare Bulgarian подко́ва (podkóva), Serbo-Croatian pòtkova / по̀ткова, Romanian potcoavă.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]potkua m (plural potkonj, definite potkoi)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “potkua, poktua”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, , pages 349–350
- ^ Ylli, Xhelal (1997) Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)[1], volume 1. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 185
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “paktua ~ patkue”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 313
- ^ Omari, Anila (2012) “potkua”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, page 218