eshkë

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin ēsca.[1][2][3]

Noun[edit]

eshkë f (definite eshka)

  1. amadou (Fomes fomentarius)
  2. punk; tinder
  3. charcoal (usually of heather wood) used in blacksmith’s forge
  4. (nonstandard) slag

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “eškɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 97
  2. ^ Miklosich, Franz (1871) Albanische Forschungen II. Die romanischen Elemente im Albanischen (in German), Vienna: Karl Gerold’s Sohn, page 23
  3. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “eshkë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 90