radhë

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *raðā, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- (to arrange), whence Old Norse ráða, German raten (to advise; guess). Alternatively related to rreth (wheel), close to Proto-Germanic *raðo (row) (compare Old Norse rǫð (row), Middle Low German gerade (growing straight upwards)), also connected to *rathan (wheel).[1]

Noun

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radhë f (plural radhë, definite radha, definite plural radhët)

  1. row, queue, line, rank
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References

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  1. ^ A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Vladimir Orel, Brill, Leiden Boston 2003, page 294