vjerdh
Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Albanian *werdza, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵʰ-e-ti, from *werǵʰ- (“to bind, squeeze”). Cognate with Lithuanian ver̃žti (“to constrain, lace”), Middle High German erwergen (“to scrag, strangle”), Latin urgere (“to press”).[1]
Verb
[edit]vjerdh (aorist vordha, participle vjerdhur)
- to instill desire
- to bring close, affectionate
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 432