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rrek

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *raika, related to Lithuanian reikà (need), reikti (to be necessary), riekti (to cut, to plow the fallow land).[1] Possibly related to rrok.

Verb

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rrek (aorist rreka, participle rrekur)

  1. to strain, bother

References

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  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 380