lundër
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Albanian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Uncertain. Either a zero-grade derivative of lëndë "wood, matter" (cf. dëllinjë vs. dullinjë, drënjë vs. drunjë, mëllenjë vs. mullenjë etc.), through a local variant lëndër, in which case related to Old Norse lundr "clump of trees, tree", or borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin lunter, luntrem; compare Romanian luntre, Italian londra.[1][2]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
lundër f (plural lundra, definite lundra, definite plural lundrat)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from Vulgar Latin, from Latin lutra (“otter”). Compare Italian lontra (“otter”).[3]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
lundër f (plural lundra, definite lundra, definite plural lundrat)
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lundër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 234
- ^ Guillaume Bonnet, Les mots latins de l’albanais (Paris-Montreal: L’Harmattan, 1998), 18.
- ^ Guillaume Bonnet, Les mots latins de l’albanais (Paris-Montreal: L’Harmattan, 1998), 18.