veshkë
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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]
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