veshkë
Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Altered with v- from veshje of variant eshkë, from Proto-Albanian *aiškā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oyd-sk-eh₂ (compare Old Church Slavonic исто (isto, “kidney”), Old Norse eista (“testicle”)), from *h₂eyd- (“to swell”), whence Ancient Greek οἰδέω (oidéō).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]veshkë f (plural veshka, definite veshka, definite plural veshkat)
Synonyms
[edit]- (Gheg) rrâni
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “eshke”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 90